Is Spring boot dead?
Deaditude Score:
41.3%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> The Toyota Corolla of technologies. Never breaks, never impresses.
*Data last collected: 30 Apr 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
42
Answer Rate
45%
Acceptance Rate
10%
Growth
+14%
Recent Questions
In 2026, is MERN stack still a good choice for getting a software job, or should I switch to Java Spring Boot?
Answered132 views
javaspringspring-boot
Metamodel generator loses generic type parameter for Set<String> in Hibernate 7
Unanswered67 views
javaspring-boothibernate
How to propagate Correlation ID from ThreadLocal to Kafka Headers in a Spring Boot 3 distributed system?
Answered54 views
javaspring-bootmultithreading
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
48,442
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
125
Posts
10.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-36.7%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
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Migration Alert
3 mentions of migrating away from Spring boot detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysWhy shouldnโt we use @Transactional every time?
r/SpringBoot27 days ago
65(85%)16
Honest review of Telusko Spring Boot course?
r/SpringBoot22 days ago
62(94%)37
Do you use lombok heavily in spring boot projects?
r/SpringBoot1 months ago
60(93%)82
How do you prevent controllers from becoming too large?
r/SpringBoot25 days ago
54(96%)27
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Spring boot on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
๐ฎ๐ณIndia
7,448๐บ๐ธUnited States
7,044๐ซ๐ทFrance
1,675๐ฉ๐ชGermany
872๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
660๐จ๐ฆCanada
365Market Summary
18,064
Total Jobs
๐ข
77,871
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
86
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points6.3
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Spring Boot Done Right: Lessons from a 400-Module Codebase
1 months ago
7595
Things I miss about Spring Boot after switching to Go
2 months ago
20
From Zero to Hero: A Spring Boot Deep Dive
3 months ago
20
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
YouTube algorithm buried Spring boot content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
39
Videos
957.4K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-58.8%
Average Engagement
24.5K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Spring boot:
Genie Ashwani
Small Creator
Abhishek Verma
Hobby Channel
Durga Software Solutions
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
13920
2 months ago
208
2 months ago
137
Spring Boot JWT Authentication & Authorization Tutorial | Spring Security JWT Complete Guide 2026
Learn code with Satish
2 months ago
143
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2026 | 41.3% |
| 16 Apr 2026 | 38.5% |
| 3 Apr 2026 | 23.3% |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 34.2% |
| 6 Mar 2026 | 41.7% |
| 21 Feb 2026 | 34.4% |
| 7 Feb 2026 | 34.4% |
| 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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