Is Express js dead?
Deaditude Score:
68.6%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Used by exactly three companies and one confused intern.
*Data last collected: 3 May 2026, 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
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Youtube Clickbaits
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Stackoverflow copypasting
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Alive0.0%Dead
Job offering
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Companies adoption
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Hacker News Hype
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⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position
Is showing significant decline with reduced development activity, community engagement, and new adoption.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
🏥
2010
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%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
5,990
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
11
Posts
2.2
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-50.0%
Significant drop
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysExpress now gets FastAPI-style /docs instantly. no annotations, no Swagger
r/expressjs13 days ago
7(82%)6
Arkos.js v1.5.9-beta is out. 🚀
This release focused on making Arkos more robust, more flexible, and easier to get started with.
Prisma is now optional Arkos no longer crashes if no Prisma instance is found. It emits a warning and moves on — auth and CRUD routes are skipped gracefully. Useful if you
r/expressjs24 days ago
4(83%)0
I built TSX but with automatic type checking
r/expressjs13 days ago
2(100%)0
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Express js jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇮🇳India
1,778🇺🇸United States
501🇨🇦Canada
128🇫🇷France
98🇬🇧United Kingdom
81🇩🇪Germany
32Market Summary
2,618
Total Jobs
🏢
0
Companies Using It
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Express js is still paying the bills in 6 countries.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about Express js, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
76
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points5.0
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
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Show HN: Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game
15 days ago
7537
Ask HN: Books to Learn Ruby/Rails?
3 months ago
55
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Express js content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.
Content Metrics
22
Videos
45.2K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-25.0%
Average Engagement
2.1K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Express js:
SBS online classes
Small Creator
ByteLore Labs
Small Creator
The AI 👽 Guy🤖
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
The Ultimate Backend Course (MERN Stack) - Part 2 | MERN Stack | Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB 🔥🔥🔥
SBS online classes
2 months ago
6034
Advanced Express + TypeScript: Build a Scalable API Framework from Scratch | 3+ hours Masterclass
Code With Soumyajeet
1 months ago
192
FullStack App Login Feature #expressjs #nodejs
ByteLore Labs
1 months ago
50
2 months ago
90
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 3 May 2026 | 68.6% |
| 19 Apr 2026 | 66.7% |
| 6 Apr 2026 | 62.5% |
| 23 Mar 2026 | 66.5% |
| 9 Mar 2026 | 63.6% |
| 24 Feb 2026 | 63.4% |
| 10 Feb 2026 | 70.8% |
| 27 Jan 2026 | 69.0% |
| 14 Jan 2026 | 59.2% |
| 31 Dec 2025 | 66.7% |
| 17 Dec 2025 | 66.8% |
| 4 Dec 2025 | 61.9% |
| 20 Nov 2025 | 61.8% |
| 6 Nov 2025 | 68.2% |
| 25 Oct 2025 | 65.0% |
| 11 Oct 2025 | 61.6% |
| 27 Sept 2025 | 65.3% |
| 14 Sept 2025 | 69.4% |
| 31 Aug 2025 | 54.8% |
| 17 Aug 2025 | 61.2% |
| 4 Aug 2025 | 59.1% |
| 21 Jul 2025 | 57.7% |
| 7 Jul 2025 | 51.9% |
| 24 Jun 2025 | 69.4% |
| 10 Jun 2025 | 60.7% |
| 14 May 2025 | 63.0% |
| 9 May 2025 | 39.6% |
| 4 May 2025 | 46.9% |
| 3 May 2025 | 50.9% |
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