Is FastAPI dead?
Deaditude Score:
39.1%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Stable as a rock. About as exciting as one too.
*Data last collected: 30 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 achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
2018
GitHub Pulse
Declining
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
85,562
total stars
Forks
7,396
total forks
Open PRs
51
open pull requests
Recent Commits
62
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
Stagnant
trend assessment
Language Distribution
Python99.9%
JavaScript0.0%
Shell0.0%
HTML0.0%
CSS0.0%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
52
Answer Rate
27%
Acceptance Rate
13%
Growth
+60%
Recent Questions
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
19,995
Subscribers
13
Active Users
Activity Metrics
42
Posts
20.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-44.4%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysFastAPI Cloud is coming!
r/FastAPI25 days ago
88(88%)34
I built my own asyncio to understand how async I/O works under the hood
r/FastAPI24 days ago
77(99%)10
Awesome boilerplate for FastAPI
r/FastAPI8 days ago
69(84%)17
Just released a FastAPI boilerplate with JWT auth, ABAC permissions, and CLI admin setup
r/FastAPI26 days ago
63(96%)11
use FastAPI to build full stack web apps
r/FastAPI27 days ago
52(93%)68
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
FastAPI jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
1,331🇮🇳India
1,256🇫🇷France
371🇩🇪Germany
235🇬🇧United Kingdom
213🇨🇦Canada
113Market Summary
3,519
Total Jobs
🏢
10,163
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
FastAPI is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about FastAPI, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
57
Posts
Last mentioned 6 days ago
Community Interest
Average points9.1
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
FastAPI Cloud
25 days ago
61
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Some Content
FastAPI content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
32
Videos
334.5K
Total Views
Content trend: Modest growth+11.1%
Average Engagement
10.5K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering FastAPI:
AI Software Developers
Small Creator
H Learning Fun
Hobby Channel
Eric Roby
YouTube Royalty
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
1.3K98
1 months ago
18515
Your AI Agents Are Useless Without This: PydanticAI + FastAPI Crash Course
AI Software Developers
1 months ago
14110
1 months ago
13322
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 30 May 2025 | 39.1% |
| 10 May 2025 | 29.0% |
| 4 May 2025 | 40.0% |
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