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Is Tailwind dead?

Deaditude Score:

35.9%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> It does exactly what it's supposed to. Nothing more, nothing less. Forever.
*Data last collected: 7 Jul 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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🔬Component 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

⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position

Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.

INNOVATION
PEAK
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
70
Answer Rate
40%
Acceptance Rate
21%
Growth
+21%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

35,598
Subscribers
12
Active Users

Activity Metrics

84
Posts
7.6
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+12.5%
Strong momentum

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Tailwind jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
1,434
🇮🇳India
480
🇩🇪Germany
242
🇬🇧United Kingdom
214
🇫🇷France
112
🇨🇦Canada
85

Market Summary

2,567
Total Jobs
🏢
676
Companies Using It
A handful of brave companies keeping the dream alive.

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

162
Posts

Community Interest

Average points9.4
Stone cold silence

HN Verdict

Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
6/10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Fading Away

Tailwind content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.

Content Metrics

10
Videos
52.1K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-25.0%

Average Engagement

5.2K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Tailwind:
MiladiCode
YouTube Royalty
Smoljames
Small Creator
CodingTube
Small Creator
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

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DateScore
7 Jul 202535.9%
23 Jun 202540.3%
10 Jun 202543.3%
14 May 202535.8%
9 May 202533.7%
4 May 202535.5%

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