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Is meteor dead?

Deaditude Score:

71.1%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> You can use it, sure. Just don't expect anyone to help you.
*Data last collected: 18 Jun 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

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

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
🏥
2012

GitHub Pulse

Declining

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
44,653
total stars
Forks
5,209
total forks
Open PRs
251
open pull requests
Recent Commits
79
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Growing
trend assessment

Language Distribution

JavaScript91.4%
TypeScript3.9%
Shell0.9%
Java0.8%
Swift0.8%

Stack Overflow Analysis

Dead End

Question Metrics

Total Questions
1
Answer Rate
100%
Acceptance Rate
100%
Growth
0%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

The Reddit tumbleweeds have taken over

Community Size

4,878
Subscribers
7
Active Users

Activity Metrics

3
Posts
3.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-100.0%
Free falling

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

meteor jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.

Global Job Distribution

🇫🇷France
1,043
🇩🇪Germany
652
🇺🇸United States
78
🇮🇳India
51
🇬🇧United Kingdom
35
🇨🇦Canada
6

Market Summary

1,865
Total Jobs
🏢
974
Companies Using It
A handful of brave companies keeping the dream alive.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

meteor is still paying the bills in 6 countries.

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

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Still Relevant

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

Mentions

73
Posts
Last mentioned 3 days ago

Community Interest

Average points9.7
Stone cold silence

HN Verdict

Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
6/10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Crickets

meteor videos get fewer views than paint drying timelapses.

Content Metrics

2
Videos
164
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%

Average Engagement

82
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering meteor:
Steve's teacher
Growing Channel
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

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DateScore
18 Jun 202571.1%
5 Jun 202576.7%
10 May 202566.4%
6 May 202566.1%

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