Is Flask dead?
Deaditude Score:
56.0%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Smells like tech debt.
*Data last collected: 10 May 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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๐ฌComponent 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
โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
โ ๏ธ
2010
GitHub Pulse
Abandoned
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
69,505
total stars
Forks
16,387
total forks
Open PRs
2
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
Stable
trend assessment
Language Distribution
Python99.9%
HTML0.1%
Shell0.0%
CSS0.0%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Active Support
Question Metrics
Total Questions
43
Answer Rate
23%
Acceptance Rate
21%
Growth
+13%
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
89,157
Subscribers
29
Active Users
Activity Metrics
62
Posts
7.3
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-13.0%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysI've created a flask wiki :)
r/flask21 days ago
68(99%)28
How good is flask(gunicorn) for production
r/flask24 days ago
34(93%)39
RESTful APIs with Flask!!
r/flask17 days ago
30(95%)22
Flask app will not start up not matter what I do - Please help - I've been trying for HOURS
r/flask14 days ago
31(94%)14
Deployed my first Flask app :)
r/flask1 months ago
28(100%)7
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Flask jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
๐ฎ๐ณIndia
2,202๐บ๐ธUnited States
1,847๐ซ๐ทFrance
326๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
197๐ฉ๐ชGermany
163๐จ๐ฆCanada
161Market Summary
4,896
Total Jobs
๐ข
20,648
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Flask is still paying the bills in 6 countries.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about Flask, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
382
Posts
Community Interest
Average points17.9
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
The Flask Mega-Tutorial, Part III: Web Forms
6 days ago
70
I built a Flask App with no Python experience (2024)
3 months ago
42
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
YouTube algorithm buried Flask content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
23
Videos
30.5K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-30.0%
Average Engagement
1.3K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Flask:
Dexter Lien
Hobby Channel
ProgrammingKnowledge
Small Creator
Syntax Coder
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
How to Publish Your Flask App on PythonAnywhere | Deploy Flask App to PythonAnywhere (2025)
ProgrammingKnowledge
2 months ago
464
1 months ago
222
Build & Deploy Face Recognition App Machine Learning + Flask Full Tutorial #FaceRecognition #python
Syntax Coder
2 months ago
00
A quick tutorial to Flask in 9 minutes.
Dexter Lien
2 months ago
10
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 10 May 2025 | 56.0% |
| 7 May 2025 | 56.0% |
| 3 May 2025 | 61.2% |
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