Is Spring boot dead?
Deaditude Score:
34.0%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Will outlive us all. Somehow that feels like a threat.
*Data last collected: 17 Nov 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
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
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
127
Answer Rate
35%
Acceptance Rate
15%
Growth
-33%
Recent Questions
Spring Boot 2.7.x JPA @ManyToOne join returns empty list on GET, but works on POST
Unanswered42 views
javaspring-boothibernate
How to handle inconsistency in 2fa validation
Unanswered38 views
javaspring-bootredis
Spring Webflux passing Multipart to next request fails
Unanswered28 views
javaspringspring-boot
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
42,710
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
136
Posts
13.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+26.3%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
๐จ
Migration Alert
1 mentions of migrating away from Spring boot detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysUnderrated YouTube channel for Spring Boot projects
r/SpringBoot1 months ago
112(95%)17
Difference between Spring Data JPA vs. JPA vs. Hibernate vs. JDBC
r/SpringBoot13 days ago
78(96%)23
Playing with Springโs ApplicationContext taught me how beans actually live and die
r/SpringBoot1 months ago
78(99%)8
Is this the Spring Boot we are all talking about?
r/SpringBoot1 months ago
77(93%)5
JWT flow explained visually โ this helped me understand it fast
r/SpringBoot12 days ago
73(74%)26
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Spring boot on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
๐ฎ๐ณIndia
5,940๐บ๐ธUnited States
5,683๐ซ๐ทFrance
1,478๐ฉ๐ชGermany
874๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
666๐จ๐ฆCanada
506Market Summary
15,147
Total Jobs
๐ข
67,917
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
25
Posts
Community Interest
Average points7.1
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
1 months ago
101
Spring Boot Startup Analyzer
7 days ago
20
DGS โ GraphQL Framework for Spring Boot by Netflix
2 months ago
20
"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
32
Videos
172.2K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+142.9%
Average Engagement
5.4K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Spring boot:
Concept && Coding - by Shrayansh
YouTube Royalty
Telusko
Small Creator
Shristi Tech Academy
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
28911
Spring AI | What is LLM and GPT
Concept && Coding - by Shrayansh
2 months ago
17926
Spring Boot Actuator in depth
Concept && Coding - by Shrayansh
1 months ago
12036
2 months ago
1344
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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