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Is Ruby on Rails dead?

Deaditude Score:

41.0%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> It does exactly what it's supposed to. Nothing more, nothing less. Forever.
*Data last collected: 8 Jun 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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๐Ÿ”ฌComponent 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

โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position

Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
โœจ
2005

GitHub Pulse

Active Development

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
56,970
total stars
Forks
21,875
total forks
Open PRs
515
open pull requests
Recent Commits
108
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Stagnant
trend assessment

Language Distribution

Ruby97.2%
JavaScript1.3%
HTML1.1%
SCSS0.3%
CSS0.1%

Stack Overflow Analysis

Holding On

Question Metrics

Total Questions
41
Answer Rate
44%
Acceptance Rate
24%
Growth
-38%
In the last 30 days

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void

Community Size

68,000
Subscribers
56
Active Users

Activity Metrics

156
Posts
18.2
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-39.4%
Losing steam

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
๐Ÿšจ

Migration Alert

2 mentions of migrating away from Ruby on Rails detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.

๐Ÿ’ผ Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Ruby on Rails jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.

Global Job Distribution

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States
1,486
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia
1,054
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom
245
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada
231
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance
170
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany
124

Market Summary

3,310
Total Jobs
๐Ÿข
3,524
Companies Using It
Major players still rely on this. Job security... for now.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

Ruby on Rails is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.

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

๐Ÿ”ธ Hacker News Discourse

HN Darling

Ruby on Rails gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.

Mentions

48
Posts
Last mentioned 3 days ago

Community Interest

Average points35.2
Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
8/10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

โ–ถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage

Fading Away

Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about Ruby on Rails.

Content Metrics

11
Videos
4.7K
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%

Average Engagement

423.6
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Ruby on Rails:
Ryan Flores
Hobby Channel
Indigo Tech Tutorials
Hobby Channel
BoltOps
Hobby Channel
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

๐Ÿ“ˆHistorical Score Timeline

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DateScore
8 Jun 202541.0%
12 May 202531.6%
9 May 202544.5%
3 May 202545.1%

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