Is NestJS dead?
Deaditude Score:
38.4%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> A technological plateau of pure, undiluted adequacy.
*Data last collected: 12 May 2026, 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
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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
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
Active Support
Question Metrics
Total Questions
6
Answer Rate
33%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
+100%
Recent Questions
Redis SET NX still duplicating
Answered109 views
node.jsredisnestjs
What is the best way to write e2e tests for the NestJS backend?
Unanswered80 views
testingnestjse2e-testing
How to integrate NestJS with Ecuador SRI electronic invoicing (XAdES-BES signature, SOAP, multitenant)?
Answered65 views
node.jstypescriptsoap
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
8,973
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
30
Posts
8.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+20.0%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
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26(91%)7
I built a Vite plugin that lets you run NestJS through Vite. Native ESM, plugin ecosystem, and Swagger metadata out of the box
r/nestjs5 days ago
20(92%)7
Stop arguing with AI about NestJS architecture: I built a Agent Skill to fix it. Write production-ready NestJS faster: An open-source skills library for AI Agents
r/nestjs13 days ago
22(80%)7
Nestjs admin panel
r/nestjs28 days ago
21(92%)15
A production-focused NestJS project (updated after feedback)
r/nestjs1 months ago
19(96%)4
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
NestJS jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
493🇮🇳India
430🇫🇷France
287🇩🇪Germany
164🇨🇦Canada
137🇬🇧United Kingdom
104Market Summary
1,615
Total Jobs
🏢
23,090
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
NestJS is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about NestJS, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
92
Posts
Last mentioned 2 days ago
Community Interest
Average points5.3
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
NestJS Best Practices (Yet another Claude skill)
3 months ago
31
Production practices around a NestJS service
1 months ago
11
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about NestJS.
Content Metrics
30
Videos
20.3K
Total Views
Content trend: Slight decline-15.4%
Average Engagement
676.4
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering NestJS:
Learning By Doing - Rajesh Kumar
Hobby Channel
Michael Guay
Small Creator
Ash Gole
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Full-Stack E-Commerce with NestJS & NextJS (Prisma, PostgreSQL, Docker, CI/CD, AWS) Frontend in 2026
Sylvaincodes
1 months ago
19521
End-to-End Type-Safe APIs with NestJS & oRPC
Michael Guay
1 months ago
9618
1 months ago
3736
I Built a Full-Stack App in 30 Minutes Using Agentic AI (React + NestJS)
Learning By Doing - Rajesh Kumar
2 months ago
61
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 12 May 2026 | 38.4% |
| 28 Apr 2026 | 54.3% |
| 15 Apr 2026 | 35.3% |
| 1 Apr 2026 | 42.0% |
| 18 Mar 2026 | 46.3% |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 39.0% |
| 19 Feb 2026 | 30.9% |
| 5 Feb 2026 | 40.4% |
| 23 Jan 2026 | 40.7% |
| 9 Jan 2026 | 26.8% |
| 26 Dec 2025 | 41.5% |
| 13 Dec 2025 | 40.4% |
| 29 Nov 2025 | 33.6% |
| 15 Nov 2025 | 39.0% |
| 3 Nov 2025 | 38.5% |
| 20 Oct 2025 | 37.9% |
| 6 Oct 2025 | 40.9% |
| 23 Sept 2025 | 36.6% |
| 9 Sept 2025 | 32.8% |
| 26 Aug 2025 | 31.7% |
| 13 Aug 2025 | 40.9% |
| 30 Jul 2025 | 29.5% |
| 16 Jul 2025 | 47.8% |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 38.2% |
| 19 Jun 2025 | 24.2% |
| 6 Jun 2025 | 36.8% |
| 10 May 2025 | 32.7% |
| 7 May 2025 | 31.4% |
| 3 May 2025 | 29.4% |
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