You can also use GitHub stars. I'd be really interested to know how those two measures correlate.
-- John On Aug 13, 2014, at 7:51 AM, Jacob Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > GitHub just started posting `git clone` data for individual repos, so this is > definitely a possibility now. I wouldn't be surprised if Iain's Package > Evaluator started hooking into this data and using it to sort the package > list. > > -Jacob > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Michael Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there some sort of way to rank the popularity of Julia packages? > Haven't found anything like that (and apologies if I have missed anything). > > The reason I'm asking is that, although I am aware that relying purely > on rankings has several disadvantages, I still do believe that there are > some strong advantages in having a rough idea about what the really > important (or widely-used) packages are. > > This is particularly important considering the fact that the number of > Julia packages is increasing, and for newbies it will be difficult to > find their way around. > > Thanks, > > M >
