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Open-source repo audit finds stars misleading, downloads show real usage

An audit of 25 open-source repositories revealed that GitHub stars are a poor indicator of actual usage, with download counts showing significantly higher adoption. The author analyzed data from GitHub, npm, crates.io, and PyPI to compare stars against package installs. While most repositories had few or no stars, several packages saw thousands of downloads within weeks of release, indicating real user engagement. AI

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Open-source repo audit finds stars misleading, downloads show real usage

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthias | StudioMeyer ·

    I audited 25 of my open-source repos. Stars lied.

    <p>A friend asked me yesterday how the open-source side of the studio is doing. I checked GitHub. The top repo had five stars. Most had zero. I almost wrote back "yeah, slow start, nothing to see yet."</p> <p>Then I actually ran the numbers. 3,681 npm installs last month across 1…