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Is Lynx dead?

Deaditude Score:

38.9%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Hasn't crashed in years. Neither has its GitHub star count.
*Data last collected: 10 May 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

Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
2025

GitHub Pulse

Maintenance Mode

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
12,241
total stars
Forks
409
total forks
Open PRs
93
open pull requests
Recent Commits
247
last 30 days
Contributors
61
active developers
Pulse Check
Accelerating
trend assessment

Language Distribution

C++59.0%
Java18.0%
Objective-C11.7%
Objective-C++5.6%
Python2.4%

Stack Overflow Analysis

Dead End

Question Metrics

Total Questions
0
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
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

818
Subscribers
5
Active Users

Activity Metrics

5
Posts
4.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Stable
0.0%
Holding steady

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Cautious Optimism

💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Lynx jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.

Global Job Distribution

🇫🇷France
2,313
🇺🇸United States
609
🇬🇧United Kingdom
132
🇨🇦Canada
62
🇮🇳India
19
🇩🇪Germany
16

Market Summary

3,151
Total Jobs
🏢
0
Companies Using It

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

Lynx is still paying the bills in 6 countries.

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

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

HN Darling

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

Mentions

79
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday

Community Interest

Average points35.3
Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
8/10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Fading Away

YouTube algorithm buried Lynx content deeper than archaeological discoveries.

Content Metrics

14
Videos
64.5K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-50.0%

Average Engagement

4.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Lynx:
Vida MRR - Programacion web
Small Creator
Noor Mohammad
YouTube Royalty
Lynx Tutorials
Small Creator
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
10 May 202538.9%
6 May 202541.6%
3 May 202540.3%

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