Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Sep 18, 2025Live
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Is Gatsby dead?

Deaditude Score:

74.7%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Updates come slower than the next Half-Life.
*Data last collected: 12 Sept 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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🔬Component 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

⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position

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

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
🏥
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

Recent Questions

Error in function createFiberFromTypeAndProps in ./node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.development.js:28439
Unanswered34 views
reactjswordpressgatsby

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

The Reddit tumbleweeds have taken over

Community Size

8,131
Subscribers
5
Active Users

Activity Metrics

1
Posts
1.0
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Stable
→
0.0%
Holding steady

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
How to create dynamic routes in Gatsby like /job/:id?
r/gatsbyjs18 days ago
1(67%)9
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Sparse

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

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
87
🇬🇧United Kingdom
33
🇮🇳India
23
🇨🇦Canada
12
🇫🇷France
7
🇩🇪Germany
0

Market Summary

162
Total Jobs
🏢
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.

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Fading Away

A month without HN mentions is like a year in regular tech time. Tick tock.

Mentions

2
Posts
Last mentioned 1 months ago

Community Interest

Average points17.5
Minimal traction

HN Verdict

Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
3/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
Decoding the Iconic Cover of 'The Great Gatsby'
1 months ago
10
The Connoisseur of Desire
4 months ago
341
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Crickets

Gatsby has fewer YouTube tutorials than "How to Breathe Air".

Content Metrics

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

Average Engagement

0
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

No creators have bothered with Gatsby content yet.

No videos found for Gatsby.

Even TikTok dances about programming languages get more content than this.

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

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
12 Sept 202574.7%
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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