1. Executive Summary
49.5%Dead
▲ Worsening (+3.4% since last check)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Clinical Notes | "The developers using this are too busy actually working to argue online." |
| Classification | framework |
| Age | 6 years (est. 2020) |
2. Algorithmic Evaluation
The following mathematical model was applied to evaluate the existential footprint of Compose Multiplatform. 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 2031
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: 19,301
- Forks: 1,422
- Open Issues: 0
- Issues Closed Ratio: 0.0%
- Recent Commits (last month): 30
- Days Since Last Commit: 0
- Contributors Count: 100
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Community Cry for Help (StackOverflow)
- Total Questions (recent): 1
- Answered Ratio: 0.0%
- Accepted Ratio: 0.0%
- Zero Answer Ratio: 100.0%
- Median Response Time (hr): N/A
- Days Since Last Activity: 18
- Trend Direction: stable
Hype & Propaganda (YouTube)
- Recent Videos: 35
- Average Views: 1,180.1
Despair & Existential Dread (Reddit)
- Reddit Posts (recent): 46
- Average Upvotes: 7.2
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: -5.6%
Intellectual Discourse (Hacker News)
- Mentions (recent): 3
- Average Points: 40.7
- Days Since Last Post: 25
Corporate Adoption (StackShare & Jobs)
- Stacks Using It: 0
- StackShare Followers: 0
- StackShare Upvotes: 0
- StackShare Mentions: 0
- Open Job Postings: 54
- Jobs Trend Direction: stable
- Jobs Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Data retrieved at: 8/16/2026
Appendix A: Recent YouTube Propaganda
| Thumbnail | Video Details | Views |
|---|---|---|
 | Jetpack Compose Slack Circuit code-gen Metro kotlin-inject KSP Channel: Marko Novakovic | 19 |
 | Kotlin Multiplatform in 13 Min: What KMP Actually Is (Full Course Ep 1) Channel: Roman Tsisyk — Android Systems | 38 |
 | What's New in Compose Multiplatform | Sebastian Aigner and Márton Braun Channel: Kotlin by JetBrains | 10898 |
 | KMP Gradle Setup: Convention Plugins & expect/actual Explained (Ep 2) Channel: Roman Tsisyk — Android Systems | 7 |
 | Kotlin Multiplatform MVVM Tutorial 2026 — SQLDelight + SwiftUI + Jetpack Compose Channel: KDTechs | 170 |
Appendix B: Reddit Despair Logs
| Post Title | Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| I don't think shared Compose Multiplatform UI is the future for iOS (yet) | 54 | 21 |
| 94% shared code — and 100% of my hard bugs were in the other 6% | 37 | 4 |
| I’ve Done the Impossible - Jetpack Glance + WidgetKit = WARP | 37 | 15 |
| Introducing WARP — write KMP home-screen widgets once, render on Glance + WidgetKit | 25 | 3 |
| Kassette - A Kotlin Multiplatform NES emulator | 22 | 2 |
Appendix C: Hacker News Discourse
| Topic | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Show HN: A zoomable timeline of 4M Wikipedia events | 118 | 43 |
| Show HN: Ipek – a visual IDE for workflow automations | 2 | 0 |
| Show HN: I kept rewriting scripts for my teams, so I built a visual tool instead | 2 | 0 |
Appendix D: StackOverflow Pleas for Help
| Question Title | Views | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Flutter - Cannot add extension with name 'kotlin', as there is an extension already registered with that name | 161 | Unanswered (0 ans) |
Appendix E: Historical Deaditude Scores
| Date | Deaditude Score | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 8/16/2026 | 49.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/2/2026 | 46.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/20/2026 | 45.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/5/2026 | 56.3% | Dying Slowly |
| 6/25/2026 | 49.7% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/12/2026 | 58.3% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/29/2026 | 52.3% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/15/2026 | 60.9% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/2/2026 | 66.1% | Dying Slowly |
| 4/18/2026 | 54.9% | Dying Slowly |
| 4/4/2026 | 58.8% | Dying Slowly |
| 3/22/2026 | 64.5% | Dying Slowly |
| 3/8/2026 | 61.9% | Dying Slowly |
| 2/22/2026 | 59.2% | Dying Slowly |
| 2/9/2026 | 48.7% | Stable & Mature |
| 1/26/2026 | 58.5% | Dying Slowly |
| 1/12/2026 | 58.2% | Dying Slowly |
| 12/30/2025 | 48.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 12/16/2025 | 52.5% | Dying Slowly |
| 12/2/2025 | 56.2% | Dying Slowly |
| 11/19/2025 | 49.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/6/2025 | 48.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 10/23/2025 | 55.4% | Dying Slowly |
| 10/10/2025 | 44.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 9/26/2025 | 36.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 9/12/2025 | 44.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/30/2025 | 38.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/16/2025 | 47.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/2/2025 | 33.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/20/2025 | 46.7% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/6/2025 | 48.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/22/2025 | 49.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/9/2025 | 47.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/13/2025 | 50.5% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/9/2025 | 61.8% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/3/2025 | 52.7% | Dying Slowly |