To communicate that we have a rapidly growing communiy, I would: Show growing community: 1. 900+ users on this thread. 2. 100+ messages daily on the mailing list
Key News Items: 1. Subway decides to merge into turbogears Positive Reviews: 1. Show articles which review turbogears in a positive light Commits last 30 days: Show the collective commits in the last 30 days from all projects (Eventually add large sites using turbogears) This might be done as a additional sub colum below the quickstart, run, visit. I've tried out all the frameworks and the thing that I always look for is: 1. Active community 2. Ongoing development work 3. Positive review We have all of these three and should communicate it on the front page.

