Is strapi dead?
Deaditude Score:
52.2%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> You can use it, sure. Just don't expect anyone to help you.
*Data last collected: 3 Jan 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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🔬Component 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
⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
⚠️
2015
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
Struggling
Question Metrics
Total Questions
3
Answer Rate
33%
Acceptance Rate
33%
Growth
-100%
Recent Questions
How to set collection types to "published" during import?
Answered55 views
strapi
How to persist "Configure the view" field label changes across deployments?
Unanswered53 views
strapi
Strapi hangs indefinitely while building Docker container
Unanswered40 views
node.jsdockerdocker-compose
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
The Reddit tumbleweeds have taken over
Community Size
4,344
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
17
Posts
4.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-87.5%
Significant drop
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysEasy internal linking in your Strapi CMS with Webtools 🌱
r/Strapi28 days ago
16(100%)2
Quality First: Our Commitment to a (Even) More Robust Strapi
r/Strapi29 days ago
14(95%)2
First experience of Strapi (from other CMSs)
r/Strapi25 days ago
11(100%)15
Anyone using the Strapi docs MCP? Would love your feedback
r/Strapi15 days ago
5(86%)2
💼 Job Market Pulse
Sparse
Resume with strapi skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.
Global Job Distribution
🇮🇳India
46🇺🇸United States
30🇫🇷France
16🇩🇪Germany
6🇬🇧United Kingdom
4🇨🇦Canada
3Market Summary
105
Total Jobs
🏢
3,130
Companies Using It
Major players still rely on this. Job security... for now.
Reality Check
Career Suicide Watch
Time to update your LinkedIn. And by "update" we mean "remove {tech.name} entirely"
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about strapi, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
410
Posts
Community Interest
Average points12.9
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Strapi 5 deployment on a shared hosting server
2 months ago
10
It seems that OpenAI is scraping [certificate transparency] logs
22 days ago
215110
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Some Content
strapi content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
21
Videos
562.4K
Total Views
Content trend: Strong uptrend+50.0%
Average Engagement
26.8K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering strapi:
CodeAtUsman
YouTube Royalty
midudev
Growing Channel
Cole Medin
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
1.9K125
1 months ago
910254
1 months ago
25334
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 3 Jan 2026 | 52.2% |
| 20 Dec 2025 | 50.0% |
| 6 Dec 2025 | 52.0% |
| 23 Nov 2025 | 37.7% |
| 9 Nov 2025 | 53.4% |
| 27 Oct 2025 | 33.1% |
| 14 Oct 2025 | 37.8% |
| 30 Sept 2025 | 50.4% |
| 16 Sept 2025 | 54.3% |
| 3 Sept 2025 | 49.3% |
| 20 Aug 2025 | 53.6% |
| 6 Aug 2025 | 59.3% |
| 24 Jul 2025 | 58.4% |
| 10 Jul 2025 | 47.0% |
| 26 Jun 2025 | 49.9% |
| 13 Jun 2025 | 48.5% |
| 30 May 2025 | 40.1% |
| 10 May 2025 | 52.9% |
| 4 May 2025 | 59.6% |
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