Is Firebase dead?
Deaditude Score:
31.2%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Enterprise-ready, which is code for 'boringly reliable'.
*Data last collected: 4 Sept 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
✨
2011
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
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
59
Answer Rate
22%
Acceptance Rate
19%
Growth
+65%
Recent Questions
Firebase Auth + MongoDB: How to clean up anonymous user data when app is deleted from device?
Unanswered30 views
mongodbfirebasefirebase-authentication
Getting Firebase Storage error 412 while accessing storage
Unanswered28 views
firebasegoogle-cloud-platformfirebase-storage
Does firebase-ai java android sdk accept only JsonObject result in function calls
Unanswered19 views
javaandroidfirebase
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
39,488
Subscribers
19
Active Users
Activity Metrics
170
Posts
4.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+35.3%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨
Migration Alert
1 mentions of migrating away from Firebase detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysAn app that was never supposed to be. But now I need help.
r/Firebase25 days ago
103(99%)19
I built a macOS GUI for Firebase to escape the web console
r/Firebase22 days ago
93(96%)48
Took 8 months but made my first app!
r/Firebase11 days ago
165(96%)53
I created an extension to export all my Firebase users to CSV
r/Firebase1 months ago
63(93%)27
A big milestone for me
r/Firebase23 days ago
20(96%)10
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Firebase jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇮🇳India
1,025🇺🇸United States
387🇩🇪Germany
105🇫🇷France
100🇬🇧United Kingdom
78🇨🇦Canada
71Market Summary
1,766
Total Jobs
🏢
30,839
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Firebase 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 Firebase, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
107
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points8.6
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Firebase Global Outage
3 months ago
741
Fast, Simple and Open Firebase Alternative: TrailBase
3 months ago
7021
Ask HN: Is Firebase Down?
3 months ago
4536
Firebase Hack Going On?
1 months ago
121
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
YouTubers discovered Firebase generates ad revenue. Brace for 10:01 videos.
Content Metrics
14
Videos
45.5K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+100.0%
Average Engagement
3.3K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Firebase:
Firebase
YouTube Royalty
Decoding Digital
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
15719
1 months ago
9312
July 2025: Firebase Studio Updates, Grounding with Google Search, Client and Admin SDK Upgrades
Firebase
1 months ago
11713
Google Firebase Studio: Build FREE AI Apps | Google Firebase Studio Tutorial | SImplilearn
Simplilearn
1 months ago
981
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 4 Sept 2025 | 31.2% |
| 21 Aug 2025 | 42.1% |
| 7 Aug 2025 | 42.7% |
| 25 Jul 2025 | 37.5% |
| 11 Jul 2025 | 34.0% |
| 27 Jun 2025 | 61.6% |
| 14 Jun 2025 | 53.8% |
| 31 May 2025 | 53.1% |
| 10 May 2025 | 52.9% |
| 4 May 2025 | 55.0% |
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