Hashrate is up - CHECK
Price is relatively stable - CHECK
Forum community is growing - CHECK
Halving coming up in the next 10-11 months - CHECK
Still garnering support as an alt coin after over 3 years - CHECK
ASICs been/being developed for scrypt - CHECK
I'd say it is thriving very quietly as price isn't everything.
Hashrate - agree
Price is 90% down from ATH - this far away from stable, get real
Community is growing - but slower compared to others (dark, bitshares, counterparty...)
Halving - did not change anything positive for a coin so far (remember doge halving?)
Long time support - agree
ASICs developed for scrypt - there are many scrypt coins