How to measure public interest in your github project?

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I've started a new project on github, and I wonder if there is a way to see if anyone downloads the code at all. I would imagine if anyone does then it would be a clone request, but I can't find a way to access that count. Absent forking and feature requests, I can't tell if there is any interest in project, and I have no idea if it's even worth keeping it on github at all. Anyone knows what to do?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '13 at 15:37

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I don't believe that this information is available.

Most of the interest metrics I've seen at GitHub revolve around the number of forks and stars a repository has. Of course, the number of commits and contributors are also useful.

answered Dec 31 '13 at 15:37

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Dmitry Semenov · Answer 2 · 2014-01-07T19:48:27.223

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UPD.: GitHub released traffic analytics https://github.com/blog/1672-introducing-github-traffic-analytics

There is a service that measures amount of traffic - https://bitdeli.com/ , of course it's not perfect, but might give you a picture.

You just need to add their embed code (image) in readme, take a look at example on my Magnific Popup repository (at the bottom of page).

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answered Dec 31 '13 at 15:43

Dmitry Semenov

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