Is NestJS dead?
Deaditude Score:
32.7%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> It does exactly what it's supposed to. Nothing more, nothing less. Forever.
*Data last collected: 10 May 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
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Youtube Clickbaits
Still Thriving
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Stackoverflow copypasting
Still Thriving
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Job offering
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Companies adoption
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Hacker News Hype
Still Thriving
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⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
2017
GitHub Pulse
Active Development
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
70,823
total stars
Forks
7,864
total forks
Open PRs
33
open pull requests
Recent Commits
230
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Declining
trend assessment
Language Distribution
TypeScript99.9%
JavaScript0.1%
Shell0.0%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
43
Answer Rate
9%
Acceptance Rate
7%
Growth
-27%
Recent Questions
User redirect to frontend after failing to login with google authentication
Unanswered32 views
javascriptmongodbauthentication
Is there a way to automate generating Jest unit test skeletons (Red phase of TDD) from Excel-based test scenarios?
Unanswered25 views
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How to exit gracefully a mock CronJob in Nestjs
Unanswered23 views
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🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
6,046
Subscribers
3
Active Users
Activity Metrics
27
Posts
9.6
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-57.1%
Significant drop
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysHow the Outbox Pattern Can Make Your Distributed System Messages Bulletproof with NestJS, RabbitMQ & PostgresSQL
r/nestjs14 days ago
29(100%)15
I created an open-source boilerplate called nestjs-automated-jwt-auth, designed to make implementing JWT authentication in NestJS apps super easy
r/nestjs1 months ago
26(87%)2
How are you managing Swagger decorators in NestJS?
r/nestjs1 months ago
19(95%)8
Why did you stop using Nest?
r/nestjs23 days ago
18(75%)88
Hiring Full Stack Developer
r/nestjs18 days ago
17(95%)3
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
NestJS jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇮🇳India
572🇺🇸United States
445🇫🇷France
349🇩🇪Germany
225🇨🇦Canada
184🇬🇧United Kingdom
104Market Summary
1,879
Total Jobs
🏢
7,559
Companies Using It
Big tech's favorite toy. Even your local coffee shop probably uses it.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
NestJS is still paying the bills in 6 countries.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
NestJS gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
97
Posts
Community Interest
Average points21.0
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
NestJS 11 Launched
3 months ago
11
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
NestJS content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
18
Videos
52.1K
Total Views
Content trend: Modest growth+14.3%
Average Engagement
2.9K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering NestJS:
Code School for Geeks
Small Creator
Code with Ahsan
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Microservices in Nest.js – JavaScript Tutorial
freeCodeCamp.org
1 months ago
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1 months ago
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1 months ago
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1 months ago
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"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 10 May 2025 | 32.7% |
| 7 May 2025 | 31.4% |
| 3 May 2025 | 29.4% |
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