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Is Ionic dead?

Deaditude Score:

38.8%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Still works perfectly. That's the most interesting thing about it.
*Data last collected: 13 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
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
2013

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

Holding On

Question Metrics

Total Questions
13
Answer Rate
38%
Acceptance Rate
31%
Growth
-60%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void

Community Size

11,392
Subscribers
9
Active Users

Activity Metrics

21
Posts
7.6
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Stable
0.0%
Holding steady

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

💼 Job Market Pulse

Sustainable

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

Global Job Distribution

🇮🇳India
307
🇺🇸United States
217
🇫🇷France
101
🇩🇪Germany
63
🇬🇧United Kingdom
32
🇨🇦Canada
23

Market Summary

743
Total Jobs
🏢
11,318
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Career Life Support

Ionic isn't dead, but maybe start a side project with something trendier.

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

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Still Relevant

HN tolerates discussions about Ionic, but the real party's elsewhere.

Mentions

149
Posts

Community Interest

Average points14.7
Minimal traction

HN Verdict

Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
8/10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Some Content

Ionic content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.

Content Metrics

5
Videos
69.6K
Total Views
Content trend: Strong uptrend+50.0%

Average Engagement

13.9K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Ionic:
Coding Masters
Hobby Channel
AllGoodTutorials
Hobby Channel
code with aqeeb
Hobby Channel
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
13 Sept 202538.8%
30 Aug 202545.8%
17 Aug 202551.0%
3 Aug 202548.4%
20 Jul 202537.3%
7 Jul 202549.7%
23 Jun 202545.8%
9 Jun 202546.9%
14 May 202536.9%
9 May 202536.8%
4 May 202544.1%

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