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Is NestJS dead?

Deaditude Score:

32.7%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Stable as a rock. About as exciting as one too.
*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
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%
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

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

💼 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
104

Market 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
"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
"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 202532.7%
7 May 202531.4%
3 May 202529.4%

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