Is Terraform dead?
Deaditude Score:
42.5%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Enterprise-ready, which is code for 'boringly reliable'.
*Data last collected: 30 Oct 2025, 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
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
Active Support
Question Metrics
Total Questions
13
Answer Rate
23%
Acceptance Rate
8%
Growth
+200%
Recent Questions
Google Cloud WIF for GitHub Actions fails with "invalid_target"
Unanswered65 views
google-cloud-platformterraformgithub-actions
clickhouse : why my clickhouse works fine on docker containers and it does'nt work on on aws ec2 instances?
Unanswered60 views
amazon-ec2terraformclickhouse
How does one config a Terraform backend to a Powerscale S3 bucket
Unanswered33 views
terraformterraform-state
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
72,558
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
60
Posts
7.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-31.0%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysFidelity Investments Shares Its Migration Story from Terraform to OpenTofu
r/Terraform25 days ago
65(89%)9
Free and opensource Terraform | Opentofu visual builder
r/Terraform6 days ago
48(94%)12
After years of frustration with Terraform boilerplate, I built a script to automate it. Is this a common pain point?
r/Terraform9 days ago
40(86%)23
How to totally manage GitHub with Terraform/OpenTofu?
r/Terraform21 days ago
38(85%)24
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
22,929๐ฎ๐ณIndia
5,294๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
2,628๐ซ๐ทFrance
2,549๐ฉ๐ชGermany
2,138๐จ๐ฆCanada
1,482Market Summary
37,020
Total Jobs
๐ข
100,658
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
68
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points5.4
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Stategraph: Terraform state as a distributed systems problem
1 months ago
13661
Introduction to Terraform Actions
1 months ago
61
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about Terraform.
Content Metrics
20
Videos
5.1K
Total Views
Content trend: Slight decline-11.1%
Average Engagement
253.1
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Terraform:
WORLD OF AWS
Small Creator
TheDevOpsSchool
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Learn Terraform Tutorials in just 1 Hour
TheDevOpsSchool
1 months ago
126
Terraform Tutorial for beginners | Complete step by step guide Explained by Mr. Malav Sharma
Nitiz Sharma Global Tech Pvt. Ltd.
1 months ago
50
1 months ago
98
1 months ago
90
"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 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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