Is Spring boot dead?
Deaditude Score:
35.3%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Predictable, constant, and unlikely to appear on any conference t-shirts.
*Data last collected: 24 Jan 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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๐ฌComponent 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
โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
โจ
2003
GitHub Pulse
Maintenance Mode
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment
Stack Overflow Analysis
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
85
Answer Rate
41%
Acceptance Rate
19%
Growth
+55%
Recent Questions
Struggling to update/insert 100 000 records into postgresql in under 20 seconds
Unanswered86 views
postgresqlspring-boot
Spring Boot STRICT-DUPLICATE-DETECTION for Jackson3
Answered59 views
javaspring-bootjackson
Spring boot / Jackson 3 registering ValueDeserializerModifier and ValueSerializerModifier
Unanswered40 views
spring-bootjackson-3
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
45,324
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
140
Posts
7.8
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-28.9%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
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r/SpringBoot26 days ago
54(96%)41
DTO & Entity
r/SpringBoot26 days ago
43(97%)22
Spring Boot + JPA: Best practices for entity relationships, fetching, and performance?
r/SpringBoot20 days ago
41(100%)16
open-source projects to contribute (learning-focused, unpaid) โ 4 YOE in Java & Spring Boot
r/SpringBoot11 days ago
39(100%)17
Spring vs Spring Boot: Where to Start?
r/SpringBoot18 days ago
33(92%)33
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Spring boot on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
๐ฎ๐ณIndia
5,855๐บ๐ธUnited States
5,691๐ซ๐ทFrance
1,492๐ฉ๐ชGermany
838๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
641๐จ๐ฆCanada
519Market Summary
15,036
Total Jobs
๐ข
75,070
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
60
Posts
Last mentioned 3 days ago
Community Interest
Average points6.7
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Dev Services for Spring Boot Using Arconia
3 months ago
101
Spring Boot 4
2 months ago
60
Spring Boot 4.0.0
2 months ago
40
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Spring boot content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.
Content Metrics
37
Videos
502.0K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-21.4%
Average Engagement
13.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Spring boot:
SivaLabs
YouTube Royalty
BackendBase
Hobby Channel
Amigoscode
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 24 Jan 2026 | 35.3% |
| 11 Jan 2026 | 25.2% |
| 28 Dec 2025 | 44.9% |
| 14 Dec 2025 | 38.1% |
| 1 Dec 2025 | 36.1% |
| 17 Nov 2025 | 34.0% |
| 4 Nov 2025 | 34.3% |
| 22 Oct 2025 | 38.5% |
| 8 Oct 2025 | 32.9% |
| 24 Sept 2025 | 40.0% |
| 11 Sept 2025 | 29.6% |
| 28 Aug 2025 | 33.9% |
| 14 Aug 2025 | 39.0% |
| 1 Aug 2025 | 26.4% |
| 18 Jul 2025 | 21.9% |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 29.9% |
| 21 Jun 2025 | 27.6% |
| 7 Jun 2025 | 22.2% |
| 12 May 2025 | 22.2% |
| 8 May 2025 | 39.4% |
| 3 May 2025 | 40.1% |
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