Is Ruby dead?

Deaditude Score:

39.5%

ⓘ How is this calculated?

Still Thriving

Alive0.0%Dead

> You could build the next 100 years of legacy systems with this. Is that a good thing?

*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

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

✨

1995

GitHub Pulse

Active Development

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow

Stars

22,600

total stars

Forks

5,413

total forks

Open PRs

open pull requests

Recent Commits

713

last 30 days

Contributors

100

active developers

Pulse Check

Declining

trend assessment

Language Distribution

Ruby59.1%

C29.7%

Rust3.9%

C++3.0%

Makefile2.2%

Stack Overflow Analysis

Active Support

Question Metrics

Total Questions

Answer Rate

30%

Acceptance Rate

20%

Growth

+38%

In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

Is there a way to intersect two arrays in Ruby with custom equality?

Answered82 views

ruby

In Ruby, can I write an `initialize` method inside `class << self`?

Unanswered70 views

rubyclassinitialization

Ruby class level variable, private setter and initialize

Unanswered34 views

rubyoop

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

88,347

Subscribers

Active Users

Activity Metrics

107

Posts

22.9

Avg. Upvotes

Growth Trend

Rising

+6.5%

Strong momentum

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy

Perfectly Balanced

🚨

Migration Alert

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

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days

TableTennis - new gem for printing stylish tables in your terminal

r/ruby22 days ago

184(99%)9

I Created a GitHub Repo of 300+ Rails Interview Questions (From Basics to Advanced): Feedback Welcome, open for contribution!

r/ruby1 months ago

111(96%)14

Itsi - A fast new Ruby Rack server, reverse proxy, static file server and more.

r/ruby16 days ago

111(98%)24

Ruby + Hardware = TRMNL

r/ruby13 days ago

87(98%)7

Is it still worth to learn ruby in 2025 ?

r/ruby19 days ago

65(80%)80

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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Ruby on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States

10,676

🇮🇳India

2,492

🇫🇷France

638

🇨🇦Canada

614

🇬🇧United Kingdom

592

🇩🇪Germany

577

Market Summary

15,589

Total Jobs

🏢

5,415

Companies Using It

Big tech's favorite toy. Even your local coffee shop probably uses it.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

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

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

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Still Relevant

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

Mentions

388

Posts

Community Interest

Average points20.9

Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.

HN karma potential

8/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints

RubyLLM: A delightful Ruby way to work with AI

2 months ago

645169

Why Ruby on Rails still matters

2 months ago

524459

We fell out of love with Next.js and back in love with Ruby on Rails

10 days ago

520518

Ask HN: Would you still choose Ruby on Rails for a startup in 2025?

3 months ago

193175

RubyUI (Former PhlexUI): Ruby Gem for RubyUI Components

1 months ago

16839

Search on HN

"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Crickets

Ruby has fewer YouTube tutorials than "How to Breathe Air".

Content Metrics

Videos

Total Views

Content trend: Stable0.0%

Average Engagement

Views per Video

Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

No creators have bothered with Ruby content yet.

No videos found for Ruby.

Even TikTok dances about programming languages get more content than this.

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