Hi Michael, This is a problem I think about a lot, but definitely short on data. pkg.julialang.org has the GitHub stars, which is possibly a decent proxy. I could add an option to sort by github stars, which might help.
And yes, github clone traffic just (yesterday) became available, so I'm hopeful there. On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:53:58 AM UTC-4, John Myles White wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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 <https://github.com/IainNZ/PackageEvaluator.jl> started hooking > into this data and using it to sort the package list > <http://pkg.julialang.org/>. > > -Jacob > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Michael Smith <[email protected] > <javascript:>> 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 >> > > >
