Is Electron dead?
Deaditude Score:
54.5%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Updates come slower than the next Half-Life.
*Data last collected: 4 Aug 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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๐ฌComponent Breakdown
Dissecting the digital corpse
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Codebase Activity
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Reddit Drama
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Youtube Clickbaits
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Stackoverflow copypasting
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Job offering
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Companies adoption
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Hacker News Hype
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
โ ๏ธ
2013
GitHub Pulse
Maintenance Mode
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment
Stack Overflow Analysis
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
15
Answer Rate
13%
Acceptance Rate
13%
Growth
-17%
Recent Questions
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
11,795
Subscribers
12
Active Users
Activity Metrics
49
Posts
7.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-23.1%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysJust released a steam game built using electron.
r/electronjs16 days ago
105(97%)39
Just released a starter app demonstrating capturing, streaming, recording both microphone and system audio using `electron-audio-loopback`. Enjoy!
r/electronjs1 months ago
30(96%)2
i built a a minimal notepad for your thoughts to flow
r/electronjs28 days ago
18(100%)4
Made a small video shrinker app called DrinkMe โ two-pass ffmpeg compression, clean UI, open-source
r/electronjs29 days ago
18(96%)4
Electron Repo Visualised
r/electronjs1 months ago
17(85%)6
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Electron devs are getting snatched up faster than PS5s at launch.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
409,782๐ซ๐ทFrance
40,712๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
16,475๐จ๐ฆCanada
11,343๐ฎ๐ณIndia
9,709๐ฉ๐ชGermany
73Market Summary
488,094
Total Jobs
๐ข
9,146
Companies Using It
Big tech's favorite toy. Even your local coffee shop probably uses it.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Electron is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
HN Darling
Electron gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
381
Posts
Community Interest
Average points27.2
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Show HN: I rewrote my Mac Electron app in Rust
2 months ago
597443
Learning basic electronics by building fireflies
18 days ago
32182
Ask HN: How do I learn practical electronic repair?
2 months ago
185113
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Electron content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
5
Videos
8.1K
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
1.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Electron:
Neon Knowledge Hub
Hobby Channel
Piko Can Fly
Small Creator
Better Stack
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
The BEST way to Create Desktop Apps (Electron)
Better Stack
1 months ago
14542
1 months ago
12431
636 COINDEF A Comprehensive Code Injection Defense for the Electron Framework
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
15 days ago
21
Learning Electron js
Neon Knowledge Hub
2 months ago
00
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 4 Aug 2025 | 54.5% |
| 21 Jul 2025 | 54.2% |
| 7 Jul 2025 | 30.7% |
| 24 Jun 2025 | 37.9% |
| 10 Jun 2025 | 28.9% |
| 28 May 2025 | 29.4% |
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