Is Elixir dead?
Deaditude Score:
46.7%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Zero drama, zero surprises, zero reasons to update your LinkedIn.
*Data last collected: 10 May 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
25,195
total stars
Forks
3,431
total forks
Open PRs
23
open pull requests
Recent Commits
63
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Declining
trend assessment
Language Distribution
Elixir92.0%
Erlang7.5%
Makefile0.1%
Shell0.1%
Batchfile0.1%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Dead End
Question Metrics
Total Questions
1
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
34,882
Subscribers
24
Active Users
Activity Metrics
61
Posts
28.6
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+17.6%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysLiveDebugger v0.2.0: upcoming features part. 1
r/elixir22 days ago
156(99%)10
We built a custom Elixir AST interpreter for sandboxing user code
r/elixir27 days ago
111(99%)9
💼 Job Market Pulse
Sustainable
Resume with Elixir skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
247🇮🇳India
81🇬🇧United Kingdom
56🇫🇷France
54🇨🇦Canada
48🇩🇪Germany
18Market Summary
504
Total Jobs
🏢
2,984
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
Still Relevant
Elixir gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
75
Posts
Community Interest
Average points23.0
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
1 months ago
644172
Embedding Python in Elixir, it's fine
2 months ago
30864
Parsing PDFs (and more) in Elixir using Rust
3 months ago
19116
Hologram: A full-stack isomorphic Elixir web framework
4 months ago
12837
Agent-Less System Monitoring with Elixir Broadway
2 months ago
7616
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about Elixir.
Content Metrics
13
Videos
3.5K
Total Views
Content trend: Slight decline-16.7%
Average Engagement
270.6
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Elixir:
Elixir Mentor
YouTube Royalty
CodeWithIJ
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Elixir Full Course: 39 - GenServer
Elixir Mentor
1 months ago
508
Elixir Full Course: 40 - Supervisors
Elixir Mentor
1 months ago
438
1 months ago
145
Elixir Full Course: 41 - Tasks
Elixir Mentor
1 months ago
284
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
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