Is Elixir dead?
Deaditude Score:
57.3%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Used by exactly three companies and one confused intern.
*Data last collected: 13 Jul 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
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
Dead End
Question Metrics
Total Questions
2
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
-100%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
35,504
Subscribers
15
Active Users
Activity Metrics
62
Posts
30.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-26.3%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysMoving away from Elixir
r/elixir24 days ago
136(95%)47
LiveDebugger v0.3.0 Released! 🚀
r/elixir23 days ago
111(99%)5
Phoenix 1.8 Gets Official Security Documentation
r/elixir1 months ago
111(98%)0
Did contexts kill Phoenix?
r/elixir29 days ago
84(89%)127
I’m about to release my modular Phoenix liveview starter kit
r/elixir15 days ago
79(91%)15
💼 Job Market Pulse
Sparse
Resume with Elixir skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
199🇮🇳India
61🇫🇷France
41🇬🇧United Kingdom
36🇨🇦Canada
32🇩🇪Germany
29Market Summary
398
Total Jobs
🏢
3,673
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.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
HN Darling
Elixir gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
71
Posts
Last mentioned 4 days ago
Community Interest
Average points34.1
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
28 days ago
39472
LLMs and Elixir: Windfall or deathblow?
1 months ago
255132
Lua for Elixir
2 months ago
21182
Membrane: Media Framework for Elixir
2 months ago
16542
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
YouTube algorithm buried Elixir content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
13
Videos
17.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-42.9%
Average Engagement
1.4K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Elixir:
Code Sync
Hobby Channel
SmartLogic
Hobby Channel
Software Unscripted Podcast
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Language Design Deep Dive with Elixir Creator José Valim
Software Unscripted Podcast
1 months ago
16930
Stop getting outdated Elixir code from AI
Daniel Bergholz
1 months ago
988
1 months ago
383
1 months ago
190
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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