Is Tailwind dead?
Deaditude Score:
30.0%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> You could build the next 100 years of legacy systems with this. Is that a good thing?
*Data last collected: 3 Dec 2025, 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 achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
2017
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
33
Answer Rate
61%
Acceptance Rate
36%
Growth
+20%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
38,364
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
71
Posts
7.6
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+26.3%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysThe Ultimate List of Free Shadcn UI Blocks & Components for Developers
r/tailwindcss24 days ago
51(83%)14
GitLab now uses TailwindCSS
r/tailwindcss13 days ago
43(97%)4
Ready to use tailwind config files with your palettes
r/tailwindcss16 days ago
43(97%)9
Visual Tailwind Carousel Builder
r/tailwindcss26 days ago
29(93%)0
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Tailwind jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
1,579🇮🇳India
506🇬🇧United Kingdom
234🇫🇷France
158🇩🇪Germany
150🇨🇦Canada
146Market Summary
2,773
Total Jobs
🏢
32,463
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Tailwind is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about Tailwind, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
148
Posts
Community Interest
Average points8.7
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Show HN: Tail Lens – Visually edit tailwind css dev tool
3 months ago
81
Show HN: PDF Generator API Based on React and Tailwind
2 months ago
52
Meku – Generate React and Tailwind Apps from Prompts
2 months ago
41
Show HN: Convert any website to Astro and Tailwind
1 months ago
40
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Tailwind content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.
Content Metrics
28
Videos
576.1K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-27.3%
Average Engagement
20.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Tailwind:
Kalman Web Design
Hobby Channel
SM Dev Diaries
Hobby Channel
Learn Web Dev with Norbert
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
83
Master Tailwind CSS: A Beginner’s Guide to Modern Web Design
Learn Web Dev with Norbert
1 months ago
173
1 months ago
33
1 months ago
00
"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 Dec 2025 | 30.0% |
| 20 Nov 2025 | 21.1% |
| 6 Nov 2025 | 25.8% |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 46.1% |
| 11 Oct 2025 | 27.3% |
| 27 Sept 2025 | 25.5% |
| 13 Sept 2025 | 30.3% |
| 31 Aug 2025 | 26.4% |
| 17 Aug 2025 | 25.4% |
| 3 Aug 2025 | 34.7% |
| 21 Jul 2025 | 32.5% |
| 7 Jul 2025 | 35.9% |
| 23 Jun 2025 | 40.3% |
| 10 Jun 2025 | 43.3% |
| 14 May 2025 | 35.8% |
| 9 May 2025 | 33.7% |
| 4 May 2025 | 35.5% |
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