Is Elixir dead?
Deaditude Score:
46.2%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Will outlive us all. Somehow that feels like a threat.
*Data last collected: 23 Aug 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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๐ฌComponent Breakdown
Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad
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
2011
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
Struggling
Question Metrics
Total Questions
4
Answer Rate
25%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
Recent Questions
Efficient way to calculate score from a list of scoring criteria and select the highest scoring option
Unanswered121 views
algorithmoptimizationelixir
Phoenix LiveView stream only shows first page of data; โLoad moreโ inserts data but "terminates" websocket with KeyError :team_number not found
Unanswered59 views
reststreamelixir
Phoenix LiveView - make current user available to whole view stack
Answered52 views
elixirphoenix-frameworkphoenix-live-view
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
36,039
Subscribers
12
Active Users
Activity Metrics
77
Posts
40.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-42.9%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysHey, I did it!
r/elixir1 months ago
246(100%)34
theprimeagen is switching to Elixir from Rust
r/elixir1 months ago
176(93%)60
Phoenix 1.8.0 released!
r/elixir28 days ago
135(100%)17
Found this on X, are elixir devs really that rare?
r/elixir1 months ago
131(93%)53
Old but Gold: The Soul of Erlang and Elixir โข Sasa Juric
r/elixir28 days ago
128(99%)8
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Sparse
Resume with Elixir skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
273๐ฎ๐ณIndia
71๐ซ๐ทFrance
40๐ฉ๐ชGermany
33๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
30๐จ๐ฆCanada
23Market Summary
470
Total Jobs
๐ข
3,844
Companies Using It
Major players still rely on this. Job security... for now.
Reality Check
Career Suicide Watch
Time to update your LinkedIn. And by "update" we mean "remove {tech.name} entirely"
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
HN Darling
Elixir gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
79
Posts
Last mentioned 3 days ago
Community Interest
Average points30.0
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Show HN: I wrote a new BitTorrent tracker in Elixir
2 months ago
39472
Why Elixir? Common misconceptions
1 months ago
258292
LLMs and Elixir: Windfall or deathblow?
3 months ago
255132
Lua for Elixir
3 months ago
21182
Membrane: Media Framework for Elixir
3 months ago
16542
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Some Content
YouTubers discovered Elixir generates ad revenue. Brace for 10:01 videos.
Content Metrics
18
Videos
156.3K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+100.0%
Average Engagement
8.7K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Elixir:
Code Sync
Hobby Channel
Code and Stuff
Small Creator
Caleb Josue Ruiz Torres
Major Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Complex Workflows in Elixir with Reactor (+ AI Agents)
Code and Stuff
2 months ago
31635
2 months ago
110
Going through the Elixir tutorial
Caleb Josue Ruiz Torres
1 months ago
00
Going through the Elixir tutorial - Part II
Caleb Josue Ruiz Torres
1 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 |
|---|---|
| 23 Aug 2025 | 46.2% |
| 9 Aug 2025 | 47.6% |
| 26 Jul 2025 | 46.9% |
| 13 Jul 2025 | 57.3% |
| 29 Jun 2025 | 46.9% |
| 15 Jun 2025 | 40.8% |
| 2 Jun 2025 | 43.8% |
| 10 May 2025 | 46.7% |
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