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Nothing really for me. Personally I like to look at: 1) Last commit date 2) Number of open issues vs closed 3) Number of open PRs vs closed I am way more i
by cmsimike 8y ago
Nothing really for me. Personally I like to look at:
1) Last commit date
2) Number of open issues vs closed
3) Number of open PRs vs closed
I am way more interested in how active the community is supporting the project than any popularity contest.
- danso 8y agoBut projects that draw an active, supportive community are generally, by definition, popular.
- cmsimike 8y agoThe flip side is nothing stops a lot of users from starring something and that's it. The implied popularity of a library only comes from how active the project is, not how many stars it has. A recent example: I saw an advertisement on the freeway for some tire brand I've never heard of, with the quote "The most liked tire page on Facebook." What does liking (or in the case of staring something) have to do with the quality of the project, especially when liking/staring takes so little effort?