Also the download stats are usually varies around the year. I guess it's peaking before the school assignments have to be delivered.
On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 11:34 AM Neil C Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > A slightly belated overview of the community installer stats from > Codelerity for NetBeans 29 (been out of the office for a week). > Figures from NetBeans 28 for comparison are at > https://lists.apache.org/thread/d2cxkx32yw602r9ffmq0qdsd0mwzpkjb > > Windows exe x86_64 170,209 74.22% > macOS pkg x86_64 6,947 3.03% > macOS pkg arm64 43,746 19.08% > Linux deb x86_64 6,065 2.64% > Linux deb arm64 714 0.31% > Linux rpm x86_64 1,649 0.72% > > TOTAL 229,330 (compared to 260,682 for NetBeans 28) > > Figures from GitHub API via live view at > > https://tooomm.github.io/github-release-stats/?username=codelerity&repository=netbeans-packages > > There is a small drop off from NetBeans 28. That might be partly > because the sponsorship screen on the distribution page got a little > more naggy as I try to recover some of the costs of providing these - > thanks to all who have supported! The other related factor might be > that FoAN's Windows installer download for NB29 was about 30,000 as it > was picked up by WinGet (unfortunately the one WinGet picked up on for > NB30 is the problematic pre-release no-JDK variant). > > It might soon be time to drop the macOS x86_64 installers. Probably > as soon as we want to ship JDK 27, if support for it does get dropped > there. > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
