Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Jul 2, 2025Live
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Is Rust dead?

Deaditude Score:

21.0%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Currently in hype mode. Investors are aroused.
*Data last collected: 23 Jun 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

Is in its dynamic growth phase with strong momentum, active development, and expanding adoption among organizations.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
🚀
2010

GitHub Pulse

Maintenance Mode

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
104,533
total stars
Forks
13,457
total forks
Open PRs
10,450
open pull requests
Recent Commits
2500
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Declining
trend assessment

Language Distribution

Rust88.8%
HTML8.5%
Shell0.9%
JavaScript0.5%
Fluent0.3%

Stack Overflow Analysis

Holding On

Question Metrics

Total Questions
124
Answer Rate
50%
Acceptance Rate
38%
Growth
-55%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

How to idiomatically loop over an array of variables, and mutate them?
Answered75 views
rust
Check if all elements in vector fall within specified range
Answered40 views
rustiterator
Idiomatic solution to enforce trait bounds
Unanswered28 views
genericsrusttraits

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Surprisingly alive and kicking on Reddit

Community Size

351,832
Subscribers
295
Active Users

Activity Metrics

408
Posts
82.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+137.8%
Explosive growth!

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨

Migration Alert

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

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
bevyengine.org is now bevy.org!
r/rust25 days ago
849(99%)108
The Linux 6.15 kernel arrives - and it's big a victory for Rust fans
r/rust1 months ago
773(94%)126
GNOME is migrating its image processing to Rust
r/rust18 days ago
712(99%)17
Qt is working on official Rust bindings via "Qt Bridges"
r/rust1 months ago
574(99%)42
Announcing the Clippy feature freeze | Inside Rust Blog
r/rust10 days ago
547(99%)11
Browse Reddit

💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

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

Global Job Distribution

🇩🇪Germany
9,283
🇺🇸United States
6,915
🇬🇧United Kingdom
640
🇮🇳India
459
🇫🇷France
405
🇨🇦Canada
313

Market Summary

18,015
Total Jobs
🏢
387
Companies Using It
A small but determined corporate fanbase exists.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

Rust is still paying the bills in 6 countries.

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

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

HN Darling

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

Mentions

1,000
Posts

Community Interest

Average points28.0
Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
8/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
Migrating away from Rust
2 months ago
731759
Matt Godbolt sold me on Rust by showing me C++
1 months ago
611658
Show HN: I rewrote my Mac Electron app in Rust
1 months ago
597443
IronRDP: a Rust implementation of Microsoft's RDP protocol
3 months ago
545214
Crabtime: Zig’s Comptime in Rust
3 months ago
466195
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

YouTube algorithm buried Rust content deeper than archaeological discoveries.

Content Metrics

6
Videos
229.2K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-66.7%

Average Engagement

38.2K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Rust:
Francesco Ciulla
YouTube Royalty
Let's Get Rusty
YouTube Royalty

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
1 months ago
2.7K456
1 months ago
3.6K348
How NOT to learn Rust
Let's Get Rusty
1 months ago
1.3K123
12 days ago
1.3K81
Search on YouTube
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

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DateScore
23 Jun 202521.0%
10 Jun 202516.5%
14 May 202527.5%
9 May 202521.7%
4 May 202519.9%

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