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Is Gatsby dead?

Deaditude Score:

66.2%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> The docs exist. On GeoCities.
*Data last collected: 29 Aug 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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๐Ÿ”ฌComponent Breakdown

Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad

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

โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position

Is showing significant decline with reduced development activity, community engagement, and new adoption.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
๐Ÿฅ
2015

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

Dead End

Question Metrics

Total Questions
1
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
In the last 30 days

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

The Reddit tumbleweeds have taken over

Community Size

8,144
Subscribers
2
Active Users

Activity Metrics

1
Posts
3.0
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Stable
โ†’
0.0%
Holding steady

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

๐Ÿ’ผ Job Market Pulse

Sparse

Resume with Gatsby skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.

Global Job Distribution

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States
92
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia
30
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom
28
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada
14
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance
12
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany
0

Market Summary

176
Total Jobs
๐Ÿข
495
Companies Using It
A small but determined corporate fanbase exists.

Reality Check

Career Suicide Watch

Time to update your LinkedIn. And by "update" we mean "remove {tech.name} entirely"

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

๐Ÿ”ธ Hacker News Discourse

Barely Mentioned

Gatsby gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.

Mentions

3
Posts
Last mentioned 24 days ago

Community Interest

Average points37.7
Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
6/10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

โ–ถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage

Fading Away

Gatsby videos get fewer views than paint drying timelapses.

Content Metrics

2
Videos
40
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%

Average Engagement

20
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Gatsby:
TinaCMS | Leading Markdown CMS for GitHub
Hobby Channel
Magnolia
Hobby Channel

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

๐Ÿ“ˆHistorical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
29 Aug 202566.2%
16 Aug 202568.5%
2 Aug 202574.3%
19 Jul 202568.8%
6 Jul 202561.5%
22 Jun 202569.3%
9 Jun 202562.6%
13 May 202566.8%
9 May 202559.1%
3 May 202561.8%

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