Is Spring boot dead?
Deaditude Score:
32.9%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Enterprise-ready, which is code for 'boringly reliable'.
*Data last collected: 8 Oct 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
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
128
Answer Rate
26%
Acceptance Rate
14%
Growth
+32%
Recent Questions
HikariCP connections leak with MySQL long-running INSERT queries
Unanswered69 views
javaspring-bootjpa
Receiving "Connection prematurely closed BEFORE response" after JDK upgrade to 21 and spring-cloud-zulu to spring-cloud-gateway
Unanswered45 views
javaspring-bootspring-cloud-gateway
Spring Boot WAR fails to start after ProGuard obfuscation โ "Lookup method resolution failed"
Unanswered44 views
javaspring-bootproguard
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
41,217
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
122
Posts
11.2
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+72.4%
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 daysWhy start a new Spring Boot app with Java instead of Kotlin?
r/SpringBoot1 months ago
87(88%)103
Java devs who switched to Kotlin for Spring Boot: Was it worth it?
r/SpringBoot25 days ago
77(96%)51
Java 25: The Ultimate Developer Upgrade (Finally, Java Gets Its Act Together!)
r/SpringBoot12 days ago
48(91%)4
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Spring boot on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
๐ฎ๐ณIndia
5,698๐บ๐ธUnited States
5,442๐ซ๐ทFrance
1,421๐ฉ๐ชGermany
915๐จ๐ฆCanada
532๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
510Market Summary
14,518
Total Jobs
๐ข
64,997
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
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points8.3
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
DGS โ GraphQL Framework for Spring Boot by Netflix
26 days ago
20
Spring Boot Performance: Avoid Default Config Pitfalls
3 months ago
20
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Spring boot content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.
Content Metrics
33
Videos
159.1K
Total Views
Content trend: Slight decline-11.1%
Average Engagement
4.8K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Spring boot:
JVL code
Growing Channel
Anuj Kumar Sharma
Growing Channel
GenZ Career
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Complete Spring Boot Roadmap for Java Developers (2025)
Anuj Kumar Sharma
2 months ago
68747
2 months ago
61385
1 months ago
21416
Java Spring Boot 5 Yrs Interview Experience
GenZ Career
2 months ago
7518
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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