1. Executive Summary
53.7%Dead
▼ Improving (-0.6% since last check)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Clinical Notes | "It's basically held together by duct tape, bash scripts, and pure hope." |
| Classification | platform |
| Age | 14 years (est. 2012) |
2. Algorithmic Evaluation
The following mathematical model was applied to evaluate the existential footprint of Ansible. The deaditude score is heavily influenced by the components listed below.
D =fage × ∑i=1nWbase,i · qi∑ Wbase,j · qjCi
Where Ci ∈ {GH, SO, RE, HN, YT, JB}
Figure 1: Existential Footprint
Radar analysis mapping the six distinct vectors of existential threat.
Figure 2: Historical Deaditude Evolution
Expected Extinction Date (Approximation): January 2029
Chronological evolution of existential threat.
2. Clinical Analysis
2.1 Diagnostic Metrics
The following objective indicators have been collected to determine the existential status of this technology:
Codebase Vitality (GitHub)
- Stars: 70,817
- Forks: 24,340
- Open Issues: 518
- Issues Closed Ratio: 0.0%
- Recent Commits (last month): 38
- Days Since Last Commit: 0
- Contributors Count: 500
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Community Cry for Help (StackOverflow)
- Total Questions (recent): 2
- Answered Ratio: 100.0%
- Accepted Ratio: 0.0%
- Zero Answer Ratio: 0.0%
- Median Response Time (hr): N/A
- Days Since Last Activity: 1
- Trend Direction: stable
Hype & Propaganda (YouTube)
- Recent Videos: 14
- Average Views: 14,455.8
Despair & Existential Dread (Reddit)
- Reddit Posts (recent): 36
- Average Upvotes: 18.6
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: -26.7%
Intellectual Discourse (Hacker News)
- Mentions (recent): 25
- Average Points: 9.6
- Days Since Last Post: 0
Corporate Adoption (StackShare & Jobs)
- Stacks Using It: 85,573
- StackShare Followers: 0
- StackShare Upvotes: 0
- StackShare Mentions: 0
- Open Job Postings: 26,475
- Jobs Trend Direction: stable
- Jobs Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Data retrieved at: 9/30/2026
Appendix A: Recent YouTube Propaganda
| Thumbnail | Video Details | Views |
|---|---|---|
 | Ansible Idempotency Explained | Stop Duplicate Task Errors in 2026 Channel: LearnITGuide Tutorials | 115 |
 | Ansible Zero to Hero 🔥 | Complete Ansible Course in 100 Minutes | DevOps Masterclass Channel: Careerinitwithshubham | 638 |
 | Ansible Automation with Palo Alto firewall - Part 1 Channel: Silesio Carvalho | 671 |
 | Ansible Tutorial 2026 | Architecture, Inventory, Playbooks & Ad Hoc Commands Channel: Skillfyme | 203 |
 | Ansible 2026: Zero to PRO | Automation, AWS, DevOps & Configuration Management | 29+ LPA Roadmap Channel: PathNex - Shaping Careers | 1293 |
Appendix B: Reddit Despair Logs
| Post Title | Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Is Jeff Geerling’s Ansible for DevOps still up to date and worth learning from? | 160 | 43 |
| My team doesn't want to do IaC | 73 | 73 |
| 3 weeks after asking for feedback: ansible-static-lint is now used by Kubespray | 55 | 3 |
| Disk utilization with automation orchestrator | 33 | 10 |
| SHH or WinRM? | 28 | 38 |
Appendix C: Hacker News Discourse
| Topic | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Peekl: An Alternative to Puppet and Ansible | 3 | 3 |
| Which AI model should your team use for Ansible | 3 | 0 |
| Show HN: Rocannon – Any Ansible module to MCP Tool, record sessions as playbooks | 3 | 0 |
| Ansible Galaxy API times out, breaking collection installs | 2 | 0 |
| My Ansible Plugin Had a Jail Escape: CVE-2026-55074 | 1 | 1 |
Appendix D: StackOverflow Pleas for Help
| Question Title | Views | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ansible Lookup Plugin to query the inventory? | 93 | Answered (1 ans) |
| How to get a VMs configured provider from inside a Vagrantfile | 79 | Answered (1 ans) |
Appendix E: Historical Deaditude Scores
| Date | Deaditude Score | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 9/30/2026 | 53.7% | Dying Slowly |
| 9/16/2026 | 54.3% | Dying Slowly |
| 9/2/2026 | 50.0% | Dying Slowly |
| 8/18/2026 | 55.6% | Dying Slowly |
| 8/4/2026 | 52.4% | Dying Slowly |
| 7/21/2026 | 48.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/7/2026 | 48.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/27/2026 | 49.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/13/2026 | 57.4% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/31/2026 | 58.2% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/17/2026 | 52.4% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/3/2026 | 59.9% | Dying Slowly |
| 4/20/2026 | 56.7% | Dying Slowly |
| 4/6/2026 | 59.1% | Dying Slowly |
| 3/23/2026 | 57.0% | Dying Slowly |
| 3/10/2026 | 57.3% | Dying Slowly |
| 2/24/2026 | 53.0% | Dying Slowly |
| 2/10/2026 | 50.8% | Dying Slowly |
| 1/28/2026 | 39.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 1/14/2026 | 33.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 12/31/2025 | 58.6% | Dying Slowly |
| 12/18/2025 | 58.0% | Dying Slowly |
| 12/4/2025 | 47.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/20/2025 | 46.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/7/2025 | 35.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 10/25/2025 | 44.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 10/11/2025 | 45.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 9/28/2025 | 33.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 9/14/2025 | 36.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/31/2025 | 35.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/18/2025 | 48.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/4/2025 | 39.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/21/2025 | 46.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/8/2025 | 47.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/24/2025 | 39.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/10/2025 | 34.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/28/2025 | 46.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/9/2025 | 40.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/4/2025 | 40.2% | Stable & Mature |