Is FastAPI dead?
Deaditude Score:
32.4%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Hasn't crashed in years. Neither has its GitHub star count.
*Data last collected: 27 Oct 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
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
Active Support
Question Metrics
Total Questions
27
Answer Rate
26%
Acceptance Rate
11%
Growth
+50%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
25,419
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
42
Posts
13.8
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+18.2%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨
Migration Alert
1 mentions of migrating away from FastAPI detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysHandling RBAC in FastAPI?
r/FastAPI16 days ago
50(100%)15
Bigger Applications - Multiple Files Lesson
r/FastAPI29 days ago
47(98%)21
[UPDATE] AuthTuna: My production-ready FastAPI security framework now has comprehensive DOCUMENTATION and better examples!
r/FastAPI20 days ago
39(98%)12
A FastApi-style framework for Cpp
r/FastAPI1 months ago
36(100%)16
FastApi style Framework for C++
r/FastAPI10 days ago
33(92%)11
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
FastAPI jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
1,696🇮🇳India
1,278🇬🇧United Kingdom
356🇫🇷France
350🇩🇪Germany
251🇨🇦Canada
147Market Summary
4,078
Total Jobs
🏢
29,286
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
133
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points8.0
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Vercel zero-configuration FastAPI back ends
1 months ago
90
How FastAPI Works
3 months ago
40
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
FastAPI content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
27
Videos
210.6K
Total Views
Content trend: Modest growth+11.1%
Average Engagement
7.8K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering FastAPI:
Code Goat
Hobby Channel
code Solve execute
Small Creator
Caleb Curry
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Build a Simple API from Scratch 💻 FastAPI Tutorial for Beginner
Python Simplified
1 months ago
3.0K172
1 months ago
44925
FastAPI - Python Framework | Beginner to Advanced | Full Course | Tamil
code Solve execute
2 months ago
9510
2 months ago
715
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2025 | 32.4% |
| 13 Oct 2025 | 38.1% |
| 29 Sept 2025 | 40.1% |
| 16 Sept 2025 | 27.3% |
| 2 Sept 2025 | 36.4% |
| 19 Aug 2025 | 36.4% |
| 6 Aug 2025 | 29.5% |
| 23 Jul 2025 | 38.6% |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 37.0% |
| 26 Jun 2025 | 26.1% |
| 12 Jun 2025 | 45.0% |
| 30 May 2025 | 39.1% |
| 10 May 2025 | 29.0% |
| 4 May 2025 | 40.0% |
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