Is Node.js dead?
Deaditude Score:
43.8%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> So stable it might as well be in a museum.
*Data last collected: 24 Jun 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
Alive0.0%Dead
⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
2009
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
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
36
Answer Rate
44%
Acceptance Rate
11%
Growth
-41%
Recent Questions
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
343,731
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
99
Posts
13.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+7.1%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysDatabases Might Be the Most Important Backend Skill
r/node20 days ago
152(91%)37
nobody talks about draining websockets on deploy and it bit us hard
r/node22 days ago
135(94%)20
Upcoming breaking changes for npm v12
r/node20 days ago
124(99%)26
Node 24 vs 25 vs 26 benchmark results
r/node1 months ago
86(96%)23
NodeBook is still free - now in print too, and thank you all
r/node6 days ago
78(98%)6
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
10,811🇮🇳India
8,296🇫🇷France
1,556🇨🇦Canada
1,329🇬🇧United Kingdom
1,119🇩🇪Germany
1,108Market Summary
24,219
Total Jobs
🏢
236,927
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Node.js 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 Node.js, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
199
Posts
Community Interest
Average points8.3
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Node.js needs a virtual file system
3 months ago
275251
Show HN: Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js
5 days ago
18452
Node.js 26.0.0 (Now with Temporal)
1 months ago
15161
No AI in Node.js Core
3 months ago
6338
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Node.js content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
29
Videos
72.0K
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
2.5K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Node.js:
Anurag Singh ProCodrr
Small Creator
Udemy Unofficial
Hobby Channel
Sangam Mukherjee
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Is it worth learning React?
Akshay Saini
2 months ago
1.9K141
Node.js Course Update: Live Session with Node.js Course Students
Anurag Singh ProCodrr
2 months ago
14046
Node JS Testing Full Course with Jest 2026 | Part 1
Sangam Mukherjee
2 months ago
34284
Installation of node.js and Blockly tutorial
Jan Oliver Ringert
1 months ago
20
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2026 | 43.8% |
| 10 Jun 2026 | 40.4% |
| 28 May 2026 | 36.1% |
| 14 May 2026 | 31.4% |
| 30 Apr 2026 | 44.2% |
| 17 Apr 2026 | 31.7% |
| 3 Apr 2026 | 35.1% |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 28.0% |
| 7 Mar 2026 | 28.0% |
| 21 Feb 2026 | 42.5% |
| 7 Feb 2026 | 35.3% |
| 25 Jan 2026 | 34.0% |
| 11 Jan 2026 | 34.1% |
| 28 Dec 2025 | 41.5% |
| 15 Dec 2025 | 29.5% |
| 1 Dec 2025 | 33.1% |
| 17 Nov 2025 | 28.7% |
| 5 Nov 2025 | 23.3% |
| 22 Oct 2025 | 22.1% |
| 8 Oct 2025 | 33.0% |
| 25 Sept 2025 | 28.3% |
| 11 Sept 2025 | 30.5% |
| 28 Aug 2025 | 32.0% |
| 15 Aug 2025 | 23.4% |
| 1 Aug 2025 | 30.8% |
| 18 Jul 2025 | 31.3% |
| 5 Jul 2025 | 24.5% |
| 21 Jun 2025 | 21.8% |
| 7 Jun 2025 | 27.3% |
| 12 May 2025 | 21.6% |
| 8 May 2025 | 21.3% |
| 3 May 2025 | 25.3% |
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