1. Executive Summary
39.4%Dead
▼ Improving (-14.3% since last check)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Clinical Notes | "Like a Honda Civic with 200,000 miles. It's not sexy, but it starts." |
| Classification | platform |
| Age | 8 years (est. 2018) |
2. Algorithmic Evaluation
The following mathematical model was applied to evaluate the existential footprint of Deno. 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): September 2028
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: 107,459
- Forks: 6,116
- Open Issues: 1,048
- Issues Closed Ratio: 0.0%
- Recent Commits (last month): 518
- Days Since Last Commit: 0
- Contributors Count: 500
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Community Cry for Help (StackOverflow)
- Total Questions (recent): 0
- Answered Ratio: 0.0%
- Accepted Ratio: 0.0%
- Zero Answer Ratio: 0.0%
- Median Response Time (hr): N/A
- Days Since Last Activity: 0
- Trend Direction: stable
Hype & Propaganda (YouTube)
- Recent Videos: 20
- Average Views: 3,345.5
Despair & Existential Dread (Reddit)
- Reddit Posts (recent): 17
- Average Upvotes: 20.1
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: -70.0%
Intellectual Discourse (Hacker News)
- Mentions (recent): 1,000
- Average Points: 25.7
- Days Since Last Post: 0
Corporate Adoption (StackShare & Jobs)
- Stacks Using It: 754
- StackShare Followers: 0
- StackShare Upvotes: 0
- StackShare Mentions: 0
- Open Job Postings: 108
- Jobs Trend Direction: stable
- Jobs Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Data retrieved at: 7/4/2026
Appendix A: Recent YouTube Propaganda
| Thumbnail | Video Details | Views |
|---|---|---|
 | Bun Is Rewriting Its Code (It's bad) Channel: Mehul Mohan | 15405 |
 | npm install && pray — Defending Your Stack from Code You Didn't Write | Jo Franchetti (Deno) Channel: JavaScript Conferences by GitNation | 1467 |
 | 01.Deno Tutorial #1 - Introduction Channel: Loopy Logics | 31 |
 | 02.Deno Tutorial #2 - Files, Fetch & Permissions Channel: Loopy Logics | 26 |
 | 03.Deno Tutorial #3 - Standard Library & Servers Channel: Loopy Logics | 6 |
Appendix B: Reddit Despair Logs
| Post Title | Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Deno Desktop released | 141 | 8 |
| Seriously considering Deno, because of this single feature that no other JS runtime has.. Any recommendations/caviats to this? | 67 | 15 |
| I wish Deno would keep doing what it does best | 54 | 9 |
| jsr deployments stopped working | 9 | 2 |
| LogTape 2.2.0: Lint rules, testing utilities, and request context | 9 | 0 |
Appendix C: Hacker News Discourse
| Topic | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Deno Desktop | 1121 | 398 |
| Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown | 550 | 728 |
| Deno 2.8 | 419 | 187 |
| 404 Deno CEO not found | 282 | 207 |
| Deno 2.9 | 145 | 61 |
Appendix E: Historical Deaditude Scores
| Date | Deaditude Score | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 7/4/2026 | 39.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/24/2026 | 53.7% | Dying Slowly |
| 6/11/2026 | 56.6% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/28/2026 | 39.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/14/2026 | 51.8% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/1/2026 | 56.6% | Dying Slowly |
| 4/17/2026 | 46.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 4/3/2026 | 53.8% | Dying Slowly |
| 3/21/2026 | 47.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 3/7/2026 | 47.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 2/21/2026 | 49.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 2/8/2026 | 51.5% | Dying Slowly |
| 1/25/2026 | 45.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 1/11/2026 | 51.2% | Dying Slowly |
| 12/29/2025 | 52.7% | Dying Slowly |
| 12/15/2025 | 40.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 12/1/2025 | 49.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/18/2025 | 45.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/5/2025 | 58.5% | Dying Slowly |
| 10/22/2025 | 44.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 10/9/2025 | 44.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 9/25/2025 | 38.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 9/11/2025 | 38.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/29/2025 | 48.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/15/2025 | 45.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/1/2025 | 48.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/19/2025 | 52.5% | Dying Slowly |
| 7/5/2025 | 51.3% | Dying Slowly |
| 6/21/2025 | 27.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/8/2025 | 28.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/12/2025 | 30.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/9/2025 | 30.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/3/2025 | 24.7% | Accidentally Alive |