Is Terraform dead?
Deaditude Score:
46.5%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> The official technology of 'it pays the bills'.
*Data last collected: 19 Jan 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 reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
โ ๏ธ
2014
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
5
Answer Rate
20%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
+100%
Recent Questions
What is the recommended best practice to create a provider with Terraform with Terragrunt where the provider has a dependency on a resource
Unanswered70 views
kubernetesterraformkubernetes-helm
How to enable "Copy tags to replicated automated backup" in Terraform for RDS Cross-Region Replication?
Unanswered66 views
terraformterraform-provider-aws
Multiple hashes in terraform.locl.hcl file
Unanswered35 views
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๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Surprisingly alive and kicking on Reddit
Community Size
75,962
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
60
Posts
12.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+277.8%
Explosive growth!
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysPassed HashiCorp Terraform Associate (004) Exam โ My Experience & Takeaways
r/Terraform2 days ago
100(98%)6
Proxmox as Code
r/Terraform9 days ago
44(85%)42
Terraform: Best Practices and Cheat Sheet for the Basics
r/Terraform28 days ago
43(89%)18
Iโm building a series of IaC challenges because Iโm tired of โSunshine Tutorialsโ that donโt teach troubleshooting
r/Terraform6 days ago
42(92%)2
Do you actually test Terraform? If soโฆ how?
r/Terraform7 days ago
41(93%)58
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
24,294๐ฎ๐ณIndia
5,873๐ซ๐ทFrance
2,664๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
2,526๐ฉ๐ชGermany
1,815๐จ๐ฆCanada
1,611Market Summary
38,783
Total Jobs
๐ข
113,271
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Terraform is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about Terraform, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
105
Posts
Community Interest
Average points8.8
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
The future of Terraform CDK
1 months ago
136134
Deploying Temporal on AWS ECS with Terraform
2 months ago
2813
Our first terraforming goal should be the Moon, not Mars
2 months ago
126
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
YouTube algorithm buried Terraform content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
46
Videos
95.7K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-71.4%
Average Engagement
2.1K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Terraform:
Tech Tutorials with Piyush
YouTube Royalty
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1/30 - How Does Terraform Work | Intro to IAC
Tech Tutorials with Piyush
1 months ago
44261
2/30 - Terraform AWS Provider explained
Tech Tutorials with Piyush
1 months ago
21829
3/30 - Create an AWS S3 Bucket Using Terraform (it's simple)
Tech Tutorials with Piyush
1 months ago
21734
4/30 - Terraform State file management with AWS S3 | Remote Backend
Tech Tutorials with Piyush
1 months ago
16227
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 19 Jan 2026 | 46.5% |
| 6 Jan 2026 | 49.7% |
| 23 Dec 2025 | 32.4% |
| 9 Dec 2025 | 42.6% |
| 26 Nov 2025 | 40.5% |
| 12 Nov 2025 | 35.0% |
| 30 Oct 2025 | 42.5% |
| 17 Oct 2025 | 36.7% |
| 3 Oct 2025 | 25.4% |
| 19 Sept 2025 | 50.8% |
| 6 Sept 2025 | 34.0% |
| 23 Aug 2025 | 52.2% |
| 9 Aug 2025 | 31.3% |
| 27 Jul 2025 | 40.8% |
| 13 Jul 2025 | 30.6% |
| 29 Jun 2025 | 41.3% |
| 16 Jun 2025 | 43.4% |
| 2 Jun 2025 | 37.8% |
| 10 May 2025 | 37.1% |
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