Is Scala dead?
Deaditude Score:
41.1%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Reliable enough to build your career on. Dull enough to question that choice.
*Data last collected: 16 Jun 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
✨
2004
GitHub Pulse
Maintenance Mode
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
14,388
total stars
Forks
3,112
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
24
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Declining
trend assessment
Language Distribution
Scala97.6%
Java1.7%
CSS0.3%
JavaScript0.2%
Shell0.1%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
29
Answer Rate
66%
Acceptance Rate
31%
Growth
+38%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
54,888
Subscribers
15
Active Users
Activity Metrics
84
Posts
25.3
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-3.3%
Minor decline
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysSpark 4.0.0 released
r/scala20 days ago
101(99%)4
Mill 1.0.0-RC1 is out, with builds written in Scala 3.7.0 and many other long-overdue cleanups
r/scala24 days ago
80(100%)2
🗃️ [v4.0 Release] LightDB – Blazingly fast embedded Scala DB with key-value, SQL, graph, and full-text search
r/scala18 days ago
77(97%)11
Scala native is actually fast
r/scala1 months ago
71(100%)15
Scala Plugin 2025.1.24 is out! 🥳
r/scala28 days ago
66(99%)6
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Scala on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
9,496🇮🇳India
2,366🇫🇷France
772🇬🇧United Kingdom
482🇩🇪Germany
430🇨🇦Canada
387Market Summary
13,933
Total Jobs
🏢
31,113
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Scala 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 Scala, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
920
Posts
Community Interest
Average points17.5
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Q-learning is not yet scalable
4 days ago
21246
Evolving Scala
2 months ago
184183
The Scalar Select Anti-Pattern
1 months ago
477
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about Scala.
Content Metrics
6
Videos
929
Total Views
Content trend: Strong uptrend+50.0%
Average Engagement
154.8
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Scala:
BoltOps
Hobby Channel
Miami Java User Group
Hobby Channel
Haoyi Li
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
How Scala Ruined My Java (in a good way)
Miami Java User Group
1 months ago
243
1 months ago
20
Better Scala Builds with the Mill Build Tool
Scala Programming Madrid
28 days ago
20
1 months ago
10
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 16 Jun 2025 | 41.1% |
| 3 Jun 2025 | 45.1% |
| 10 May 2025 | 40.1% |
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