Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Nov 10, 2025Live
Now fully open source!View on GitHub

Is elm dead?

Deaditude Score:

76.3%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> It's technically open-source. Just not open-sane.
*Data last collected: 10 Nov 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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🔬Component 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

⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position

Is showing significant decline with reduced development activity, community engagement, and new adoption.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
🏥
2012

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
0
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void

Community Size

11,013
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

5
Posts
1.8
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Stable
→
0.0%
Holding steady

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
To what extent condemnation of Elm is unfair?
r/elm25 days ago
9(77%)39
Unit Testing en Elm: confianza tipada desde el compilador hasta las pruebas
r/elm13 days ago
0(50%)1
Set en Elm: conjuntos funcionales, simples y seguros
r/elm27 days ago
0(50%)0
Lamdera: el poder de Elm en el frontend y el backend
r/elm10 days ago
0(40%)1
Manejo de efectos en Elm: Tasks, Commands y Subscriptions
r/elm14 days ago
0(43%)0
Browse Reddit

💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

elm jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
1,969
🇬🇧United Kingdom
172
🇩🇪Germany
163
🇫🇷France
47
🇮🇳India
37
🇨🇦Canada
36

Market Summary

2,424
Total Jobs
🏢
6,160
Companies Using It
Big tech's favorite toy. Even your local coffee shop probably uses it.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

elm is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

HN Darling

elm gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.

Mentions

1,000
Posts

Community Interest

Average points36.4
Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
8/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
Using Elm in 2025
3 months ago
60
Elm should have had algebraic effects
1 months ago
40
The Elm Architecture
12 days ago
30
Elm should have had Algebraic Effects
2 months ago
30
Shore: A Gleam TUI Framework Following the Elm Architecture
2 months ago
30
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Crickets

elm has fewer YouTube tutorials than "How to Breathe Air".

Content Metrics

0
Videos
0
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%

Average Engagement

0
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

No creators have bothered with elm content yet.

No videos found for elm.

Even TikTok dances about programming languages get more content than this.

Search on YouTube
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
10 Nov 202576.3%
28 Oct 202578.6%
14 Oct 202567.2%
1 Oct 202563.6%
17 Sept 202566.0%
3 Sept 202573.8%
21 Aug 202559.5%
7 Aug 202569.1%
24 Jul 202570.9%
11 Jul 202571.3%
27 Jun 202569.6%
13 Jun 202566.5%
31 May 202576.8%
10 May 202581.2%
4 May 202579.8%

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