1. Executive Summary
11.0%Dead
▼ Improving (-6.1% since last check)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Clinical Notes | "It has more GitHub stars than actual active contributors." |
| Classification | language |
| Age | 16 years (est. 2010) |
2. Algorithmic Evaluation
The following mathematical model was applied to evaluate the existential footprint of Rust. The deaditude score is heavily influenced by the components listed below.
D =fage × ∑i=1nWbase,i · qi∑ Wbase,j · qjCi
Where Ci ∈ {GH, SO, RE, HN, YT, JB}
Figure 1: Existential Footprint
Radar analysis mapping the six distinct vectors of existential threat.
Figure 2: Historical Deaditude Evolution
Expected Extinction Date (Approximation): June 2038
Chronological evolution of existential threat.
2. Clinical Analysis
2.1 Diagnostic Metrics
The following objective indicators have been collected to determine the existential status of this technology:
Codebase Vitality (GitHub)
- Stars: 114,734
- Forks: 15,380
- Open Issues: 11,382
- Issues Closed Ratio: 0.0%
- Recent Commits (last month): 2,658
- Days Since Last Commit: 0
- Contributors Count: 499
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Community Cry for Help (StackOverflow)
- Total Questions (recent): 21
- Answered Ratio: 47.6%
- Accepted Ratio: 14.3%
- Zero Answer Ratio: 47.6%
- Median Response Time (hr): N/A
- Days Since Last Activity: 0
- Trend Direction: stable
Hype & Propaganda (YouTube)
- Recent Videos: 13
- Average Views: 79,294.4
Despair & Existential Dread (Reddit)
- Reddit Posts (recent): 394
- Average Upvotes: 85.7
- Trend Direction: increasing
- Trend Growth Rate: 120.5%
Intellectual Discourse (Hacker News)
- Mentions (recent): 1,000
- Average Points: 24.3
- Days Since Last Post: 0
Corporate Adoption (StackShare & Jobs)
- Stacks Using It: 30,285
- StackShare Followers: 0
- StackShare Upvotes: 0
- StackShare Mentions: 0
- Open Job Postings: 21,269
- Jobs Trend Direction: stable
- Jobs Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Data retrieved at: 7/20/2026
Appendix A: Recent YouTube Propaganda
| Thumbnail | Video Details | Views |
|---|---|---|
 | I Can't Believe Rust Is Replacing Zig, Too Channel: ForrestKnight | 61138 |
 | Rust from Scratch (Beginner) Channel: Daniel Hirsch | 33963 |
 | I Tried to Learn Rust Channel: commonLuke | 196613 |
 | Rust Tutorial For PHP and JavaScript Developers Channel: nunomaduro | 9532 |
 | Rust’s hardest features in 10 minutes Channel: Let's Get Rusty | 18956 |
Appendix B: Reddit Despair Logs
| Post Title | Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| So long r/rust, and thanks for all the Slop! | 1822 | 585 |
| 3D ascii tetris | 893 | 26 |
| 'Rust makes coding fun again': Why Linux is moving away from C, according to Greg Kroah-Hartman | 799 | 230 |
| Compiling Rust to JVM is now ~36x faster after a rewrite of stack map generation and more refactors to rustc_codegen_jvm! (context, repo links and script to reproduce in comments!) | 796 | 123 |
| Polonius (next-gen borrow checker) nearing stabilization with promising performance already | 724 | 43 |
Appendix C: Hacker News Discourse
| Topic | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Postgres rewritten in Rust, now passing 100% of the Postgres regression tests | 831 | 726 |
| My thoughts on the Bun Rust rewrite | 815 | 707 |
| Rewriting Bun in Rust | 795 | 534 |
| Zig → Rust porting guide | 723 | 555 |
| Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibility on Linux x64 glibc | 718 | 698 |
Appendix D: StackOverflow Pleas for Help
| Question Title | Views | Status |
|---|---|---|
| What is the best way to create a new Rust crate with a ready-to-use release infrastructure? | 68 | Unanswered (0 ans) |
| std::fs::canonicalize result doesn't live long enough | 149 | Answered (2 ans) |
| How do I detect if my Rust code is running under cargo test vs cargo run? | 104 | Answered (1 ans) |
| RPi3B+ AArch64 kernel in `ttbr1` region: instruction fetch succeeds after `br` to `ttbr1` region, but first data access causes Data Abort (EC=0x25) | 64 | Unanswered (0 ans) |
| android JNI failed to resolve Java class | 119 | Unanswered (0 ans) |
Appendix E: Historical Deaditude Scores
| Date | Deaditude Score | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 7/20/2026 | 11.0% | Accidentally Alive |
| 7/6/2026 | 17.1% | Accidentally Alive |
| 6/26/2026 | 23.0% | Accidentally Alive |
| 6/13/2026 | 20.9% | Accidentally Alive |
| 5/30/2026 | 36.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/16/2026 | 25.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/3/2026 | 18.9% | Accidentally Alive |
| 4/19/2026 | 34.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 4/5/2026 | 41.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 3/23/2026 | 31.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 3/9/2026 | 27.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 2/23/2026 | 26.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 2/10/2026 | 29.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 1/27/2026 | 36.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 1/13/2026 | 33.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 12/31/2025 | 32.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 12/17/2025 | 21.1% | Accidentally Alive |
| 12/3/2025 | 18.3% | Accidentally Alive |
| 11/20/2025 | 36.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/6/2025 | 26.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 10/24/2025 | 23.3% | Accidentally Alive |
| 10/11/2025 | 15.6% | Accidentally Alive |
| 9/27/2025 | 16.1% | Accidentally Alive |
| 9/13/2025 | 29.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/31/2025 | 24.1% | Accidentally Alive |
| 8/17/2025 | 24.3% | Accidentally Alive |
| 8/3/2025 | 11.5% | Accidentally Alive |
| 7/21/2025 | 15.3% | Accidentally Alive |
| 7/7/2025 | 25.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/23/2025 | 21.0% | Accidentally Alive |
| 6/10/2025 | 16.5% | Accidentally Alive |
| 5/14/2025 | 27.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/9/2025 | 21.7% | Accidentally Alive |
| 5/4/2025 | 19.9% | Accidentally Alive |