Is Terraform dead?
Deaditude Score:
42.6%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Runs smoothly on thousands of servers. All maintained by people who look dead inside.
*Data last collected: 9 Dec 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
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
13
Answer Rate
23%
Acceptance Rate
8%
Growth
-20%
Recent Questions
Import command not working for RBAC assignment via Terraform
Unanswered72 views
azureimportterraform
Terraform Helm release fails in Azure Pipeline: โKubernetes cluster unreachable: the server has asked for the client to provide credentialsโ
Unanswered43 views
azure-devopsterraformazure-pipelines
Min TF version required for AWS provider 5.x
Unanswered36 views
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๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
74,327
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
78
Posts
10.3
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+63.6%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
๐จ
Migration Alert
1 mentions of migrating away from Terraform detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysAm I the only one who doesn't like Terragrunt?
r/Terraform1 months ago
110(97%)104
Thought I'd share some tips and tricks that I've seen in the IaC trenches
r/Terraform12 days ago
90(96%)8
I have a feeling people are trying to sell me over-engineering
r/Terraform26 days ago
88(95%)69
Back in my time....
r/Terraform1 months ago
65(88%)12
Terraform v1.14.0 is out today, see link for changes
r/Terraform1 months ago
61(91%)16
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
28,577๐ฎ๐ณIndia
5,983๐ซ๐ทFrance
2,540๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
2,371๐ฉ๐ชGermany
1,766๐จ๐ฆCanada
1,631Market Summary
42,868
Total Jobs
๐ข
105,484
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
83
Posts
Community Interest
Average points9.9
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
3 months ago
13661
Deploying Temporal on AWS ECS with Terraform
1 months ago
2813
Our first terraforming goal should be the Moon, not Mars
1 months ago
126
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Terraform content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.
Content Metrics
33
Videos
120.1K
Total Views
Content trend: Slight decline-7.1%
Average Engagement
3.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Terraform:
CodeForSelf
Hobby Channel
CodeLucky
Hobby Channel
ProgrammingKnowledge
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
95
Terraform Modules | How to Use Terraform Modules | Infrastructure as Code Tutorial โ๏ธ๐ป
ProgrammingKnowledge
2 months ago
140
Build your own Terraform provider
HashiCorp
2 months ago
111
Terraform setup for Azure
AIgineer
2 months ago
32
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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