Is Spring boot dead?
Deaditude Score:
22.2%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Actively maintained by people who don't hate themselves yet.
*Data last collected: 12 May 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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๐ฌComponent 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
โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position
Is in its dynamic growth phase with strong momentum, active development, and expanding adoption among organizations.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
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2003
GitHub Pulse
Active Development
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
77,104
total stars
Forks
41,165
total forks
Open PRs
562
open pull requests
Recent Commits
448
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Growing
trend assessment
Language Distribution
Java97.8%
Kotlin1.6%
HTML0.2%
JavaScript0.1%
Shell0.1%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
266
Answer Rate
33%
Acceptance Rate
19%
Growth
+19%
Recent Questions
Is Spring framework lightweight than spring-boot? Then why?
Unanswered65 views
javaspringspring-boot
Spring boot hibernate generates update statements when I only select the entity from the DB
Unanswered25 views
postgresqlspring-boothibernate
Spring Boot - OAuth2 keep redirecting me
Unanswered18 views
javaspringspring-boot
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
35,189
Subscribers
19
Active Users
Activity Metrics
128
Posts
9.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+2.2%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
๐จ
Migration Alert
2 mentions of migrating away from Spring boot detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysI built my own cloud-based collaborative code editor with Spring Boot
r/SpringBoot13 days ago
112(100%)9
We Stopped a JVM Memory Leak with Just 20 Lines of Code (And It Was Caused by... HashMap)
r/SpringBoot22 days ago
103(74%)42
SpringBoot: Building URL Shortener Application - Complete Course (5 Hours)
r/SpringBoot24 days ago
51(95%)1
Hibernate implementation from JPA sucks
r/SpringBoot22 days ago
42(88%)55
Are there any Spring Boot courses WITHOUT video?
r/SpringBoot11 days ago
36(100%)23
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Spring boot on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
๐ฎ๐ณIndia
7,533๐บ๐ธUnited States
5,237๐ซ๐ทFrance
1,562๐ฉ๐ชGermany
1,414๐จ๐ฆCanada
842๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
577Market Summary
17,165
Total Jobs
๐ข
43,921
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Spring boot is still paying the bills in 6 countries.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about Spring boot, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
29
Posts
Last mentioned 3 days ago
Community Interest
Average points16.9
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
From Spring Boot to Ruby on Rails
2 months ago
20
Handling Nested Authorities Claims with Spring Boot
3 months ago
10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Some Content
YouTubers discovered Spring boot generates ad revenue. Brace for 10:01 videos.
Content Metrics
20
Videos
457.6K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+66.7%
Average Engagement
22.9K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Spring boot:
Art for Kids Hub
Major Creator
Nikhil Chaudhari - ITCareerHub
Hobby Channel
Telusko
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
How To Draw A Rain Boot With Spring Flowers
Art for Kids Hub
1 months ago
5590
1 months ago
2.9K159
Full 2025 Backend Dev Crash Course for Beginners With Spring Boot (Kotlin, JWT Auth, MongoDB)
Philipp Lackner
1 months ago
1.3K163
1 months ago
82037
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 12 May 2025 | 22.2% |
| 8 May 2025 | 39.4% |
| 3 May 2025 | 40.1% |
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