Is Spring boot dead?
Deaditude Score:
44.9%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Hasn't crashed in years. Neither has its GitHub star count.
*Data last collected: 28 Dec 2025, 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
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
103
Answer Rate
36%
Acceptance Rate
18%
Growth
-36%
Recent Questions
Spring Boot 4 Logging in via Oauth2 and Micrometer throws warnings
Unanswered38 views
spring-bootspring-security-oauth2spring-micrometer
Spring Boot: 400 Bad Request when sending JSON POST request to REST API
Unanswered36 views
javaspring-boot
Spring Cloud Stream: "Failed to locate function" warning when using custom Consumer abstraction
Answered31 views
javaspring-bootspring-cloud
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
44,337
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
118
Posts
9.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-12.5%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysNew Spring Boot 4 full course for beginners to intermediate level
r/SpringBoot1 months ago
40(95%)5
Next level Kotlin support in Spring Boot 4
r/SpringBoot22 days ago
39(94%)5
Spring AOP Explained (Part 1): Understanding the Proxy Model
r/SpringBoot26 days ago
41(94%)2
How does JPA work under the hood in Spring Boot?
r/SpringBoot28 days ago
35(87%)13
Spring Security is still very confusing!
r/SpringBoot1 months ago
37(97%)24
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Spring boot on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
๐ฎ๐ณIndia
5,903๐บ๐ธUnited States
5,639๐ซ๐ทFrance
1,423๐ฉ๐ชGermany
829๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
676๐จ๐ฆCanada
463Market Summary
14,933
Total Jobs
๐ข
72,515
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
When Spring boot is mentioned on HN, users furiously scroll past it.
Mentions
48
Posts
Community Interest
Average points2.7
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
1 months ago
60
Spring Boot 4.0.0
1 months ago
40
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
YouTube algorithm buried Spring boot content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
41
Videos
270.3K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-56.5%
Average Engagement
6.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Spring boot:
MasterLAB Systems
Small Creator
Basic Spring Boot Tutorial
Hobby Channel
CyberJAR
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
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Engineer Talks With Bushan
2 months ago
29552
2 months ago
21536
๐ฅ Build a Full Stack App with Java Spring Boot & ReactJS | Complete CRUD Tutorial (Step-by-Step)
MasterLAB Systems
2 months ago
173
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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