1. Executive Summary
51.2%Dead
▼ Improving (-0.8% since last check)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Clinical Notes | "The GitHub issues page is mostly just people asking if the project is abandoned." |
| Classification | platform |
| Age | 17 years (est. 2009) |
2. Algorithmic Evaluation
The following mathematical model was applied to evaluate the existential footprint of MongoDB. 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): February 2036
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: 28,587
- Forks: 5,813
- Open Issues: 0
- Issues Closed Ratio: 0.0%
- Recent Commits (last month): 461
- Days Since Last Commit: 0
- Contributors Count: 500
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Community Cry for Help (StackOverflow)
- Total Questions (recent): 3
- Answered Ratio: 0.0%
- Accepted Ratio: 0.0%
- Zero Answer Ratio: 100.0%
- Median Response Time (hr): N/A
- Days Since Last Activity: 6
- Trend Direction: stable
Hype & Propaganda (YouTube)
- Recent Videos: 35
- Average Views: 484
Despair & Existential Dread (Reddit)
- Reddit Posts (recent): 27
- Average Upvotes: 3.7
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: -10.0%
Intellectual Discourse (Hacker News)
- Mentions (recent): 60
- Average Points: 23.1
- Days Since Last Post: 1
Corporate Adoption (StackShare & Jobs)
- Stacks Using It: 131,205
- StackShare Followers: 0
- StackShare Upvotes: 0
- StackShare Mentions: 0
- Open Job Postings: 16,833
- Jobs Trend Direction: stable
- Jobs Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Data retrieved at: 9/26/2026
Appendix A: Recent YouTube Propaganda
| Thumbnail | Video Details | Views |
|---|---|---|
 | How to Optimize MongoDB Read Performance with setQuerySettings | MongoDB Query Optimization 101 Channel: MongoDB for Developers | 165 |
 | MongoDB Complete Installation and Setup Guide Channel: Being Actual | 74 |
 | How to Install MongoDB on Windows 11/10 (2026) | Step-by-Step Setup + Environment Path Configuration Channel: freeplacementcourse | 151 |
 | MongoDB Full Course in Telugu 💚 | CRUD, Indexes, Atlas, Aggregation | MongoDB Zero to Hero in Telugu Channel: College Coders | 1731 |
 | How to Optimize MongoDB Query Performance: The Complete Developer Guide Channel: MongoDB for Developers | 365 |
Appendix B: Reddit Despair Logs
| Post Title | Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| tcpdump for your MongoDB queries | 10 | 3 |
| [Question] How to Implement a Notification System in MongoDB | 8 | 6 |
| Query response times doubled after a deploy that never touched the query | 8 | 4 |
| What happened to that post asking about mongo as a db? Not OP, but I had a follow up question | 8 | 6 |
| What should a MongoDB point-in-time recovery drill verify beyond document counts? | 6 | 1 |
Appendix C: Hacker News Discourse
| Topic | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| DocumentDB – a MongoDB compatible open-source database | 14 | 13 |
| Migrating 6.5B Rows from MongoDB | 10 | 0 |
| A BSON symbol namespace bypasses MongoDB's authorization check (CVE-2026-18690) | 9 | 0 |
| Show HN: MQLens – A Native MongoDB GUI (SSH, X.509, Kerberos, No Electron) | 5 | 1 |
| MongoDB Schema Design: Build or Reverse Engineer Visually | 4 | 0 |
Appendix D: StackOverflow Pleas for Help
| Question Title | Views | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Quarkus MongoDB Panache: how to select a different MongoClient (connection) per OIDC tenant and fail fast for unknown tenants? | 66 | Unanswered (0 ans) |
| MongoDB authentication fails in Node.js but works in mongosh | 91 | Unanswered (0 ans) |
| MongoDB Atlas connection fails with querySrv ETIMEOUT on SRV and TLS alert 80 on non-SRV | 75 | Unanswered (0 ans) |
Appendix E: Historical Deaditude Scores
| Date | Deaditude Score | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2026 | 51.2% | Dying Slowly |
| 9/11/2026 | 52.0% | Dying Slowly |
| 8/28/2026 | 44.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/13/2026 | 45.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/30/2026 | 52.7% | Dying Slowly |
| 7/16/2026 | 42.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/4/2026 | 39.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/23/2026 | 39.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/9/2026 | 50.0% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/26/2026 | 49.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/13/2026 | 40.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 4/29/2026 | 39.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 4/15/2026 | 35.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 4/2/2026 | 36.7% | Stable & Mature |
| 3/19/2026 | 35.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 3/5/2026 | 26.7% | Stable & Mature |
| 2/20/2026 | 34.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 2/6/2026 | 29.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 1/23/2026 | 34.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 1/10/2026 | 26.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 12/27/2025 | 45.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 12/13/2025 | 36.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/30/2025 | 32.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/16/2025 | 33.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/3/2025 | 48.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 10/21/2025 | 40.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 10/7/2025 | 30.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 9/23/2025 | 38.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 9/10/2025 | 30.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/27/2025 | 34.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/13/2025 | 43.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/31/2025 | 44.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/17/2025 | 37.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/3/2025 | 37.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/20/2025 | 44.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/6/2025 | 42.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/11/2025 | 40.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/7/2025 | 42.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/3/2025 | 41.6% | Stable & Mature |