Is Elixir dead?
Deaditude Score:
46.9%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> A technological plateau of pure, undiluted adequacy.
*Data last collected: 29 Jun 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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🔬Component 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
⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
⚠️
2011
GitHub Pulse
Stable
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
25,411
total stars
Forks
3,439
total forks
Open PRs
24
open pull requests
Recent Commits
61
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Stable
trend assessment
Language Distribution
Elixir92.0%
Erlang7.4%
Makefile0.1%
Shell0.1%
Batchfile0.1%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Dead End
Question Metrics
Total Questions
0
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
35,377
Subscribers
10
Active Users
Activity Metrics
67
Posts
31.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+8.7%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysMoving away from Elixir
r/elixir8 days ago
134(95%)46
Phoenix 1.8 Gets Official Security Documentation
r/elixir14 days ago
110(98%)0
LiveDebugger v0.3.0 Released! 🚀
r/elixir7 days ago
106(99%)5
Did contexts kill Phoenix?
r/elixir13 days ago
84(89%)129
My Experience Learning the Ash Framework
r/elixir25 days ago
87(97%)35
💼 Job Market Pulse
Sustainable
Resume with Elixir skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
284🇮🇳India
66🇫🇷France
55🇬🇧United Kingdom
47🇨🇦Canada
34🇩🇪Germany
31Market Summary
517
Total Jobs
🏢
3,599
Companies Using It
Major players still rely on this. Job security... for now.
Reality Check
Career Life Support
Elixir isn't dead, but maybe start a side project with something trendier.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
HN Darling
Elixir gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
75
Posts
Last mentioned 2 days ago
Community Interest
Average points31.4
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Coordinating the Superbowl's visual fidelity with Elixir
3 months ago
644172
Show HN: I wrote a new BitTorrent tracker in Elixir
13 days ago
39473
LLMs and Elixir: Windfall or deathblow?
28 days ago
255132
Lua for Elixir
1 months ago
21182
Membrane: Media Framework for Elixir
1 months ago
16542
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Elixir content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
11
Videos
12.3K
Total Views
Content trend: Modest growth+20.0%
Average Engagement
1.1K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Elixir:
CodeWithIJ
YouTube Royalty
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Elixir AI code generation got a MASSIVE upgrade
Daniel Bergholz
1 months ago
8116
🔥Phoenix 1.8.0-rc is out! 🥳
German Velasco
1 months ago
702
Elixir Data Types: continuation
CodeWithIJ
1 months ago
20
2 months ago
20
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2025 | 46.9% |
| 15 Jun 2025 | 40.8% |
| 2 Jun 2025 | 43.8% |
| 10 May 2025 | 46.7% |
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