I often use pkgstats to check the popularity of Arch packages I use. Sometimes I notice a package is declining in popularity, and I’d like to find similar alternatives that are trending instead. Something like https://pkgstats.archlinux.de/fun

Are there any sites that categorize Linux software and show popularity within each category, so it’s easier to discover alternatives?

  • ambitiousslab@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 小时前

    Repology might kinda help for your use case. It lets you search for software that is packaged on many different “families” of distributions. You can also filter by category.

    Admittedly it does kinda depends on your definition of popularity. But it’s good at answering these questions:

    • Is this widely regarded as free software?
    • Has it been around for a while?
    • Is it useful enough to have been packaged in many places?