Is Firebase dead?
Deaditude Score:
39.0%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Rock solid stability, soul-crushing mediocrity.
*Data last collected: 24 Nov 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
34
Answer Rate
29%
Acceptance Rate
6%
Growth
+150%
Recent Questions
PlatformException when initializing Firebase in Flutter app
Answered104 views
flutterfirebase
Firebase Crashlytics causing NoSuchMethodError for checkNotGoogleApiHandlerThread() in Flutter app
Answered66 views
androidflutterfirebase
Firebase deploy getting eslintrc error, module not found
Unanswered39 views
javascriptfirebaseeslint
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
41,906
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
160
Posts
3.2
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-26.8%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysForget the future! Let's go back to Web 0.5 :)
r/Firebase15 days ago
56(94%)13
I built a free, open-source tool to help you find security holes in your Firebase rules before an attacker does.
r/Firebase28 days ago
50(98%)16
Why is there so little content on Firebase?
r/Firebase1 months ago
38(89%)70
I built fire-diff: a CLI tool that finds which Firebase Functions you actually need to redeploy
r/Firebase22 days ago
20(100%)5
New Crashlytics MCP tools to help you debug and fix crashes
r/Firebase25 days ago
20(93%)2
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Firebase jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇮🇳India
1,052🇺🇸United States
669🇬🇧United Kingdom
110🇫🇷France
104🇩🇪Germany
94🇨🇦Canada
87Market Summary
2,116
Total Jobs
🏢
36,756
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
When Firebase is mentioned on HN, users furiously scroll past it.
Mentions
70
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points4.6
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Firebase Hack Going On?
3 months ago
121
Hosting your static web site with Firebase Hosting
1 months ago
30
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
YouTube algorithm buried Firebase content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
23
Videos
246.8K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-54.5%
Average Engagement
10.7K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Firebase:
Error Farm
Major Creator
Tina Huang
Major Creator
Craig Hewitt
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Everything Free You Can Do With Gemini
Tina Huang
2 months ago
5.2K186
1 months ago
1618
Google Firebase Studio in 16 minutes
Craig Hewitt
2 months ago
431
1 months ago
207
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 24 Nov 2025 | 39.0% |
| 10 Nov 2025 | 36.9% |
| 28 Oct 2025 | 36.7% |
| 15 Oct 2025 | 38.1% |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 33.0% |
| 17 Sept 2025 | 28.2% |
| 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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