# RubyGem download stats have returned

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygem-download-stats-have-returned/71638>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 10, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygem-download-stats-have-returned/71638 "2006-10-10T14:56:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygem-download-stats-have-returned/71638/1 "2006-10-10T14:56:43Z")

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Yay!

[http://tomcopeland.blogs.com/juniordeveloper/2006/10/rubygem\_downloa.html](http://tomcopeland.blogs.com/juniordeveloper/2006/10/rubygem_downloa.html)

Yours,

Tom

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**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygem-download-stats-have-returned/71638/2 "2006-10-10T17:11:32Z")

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On 10/10/06, Tom C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Yay!
> 
> [http://tomcopeland.blogs.com/juniordeveloper/2006/10/rubygem\_downloa.html](http://tomcopeland.blogs.com/juniordeveloper/2006/10/rubygem_downloa.html)
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Tom

Thanks Tom.

BTW, what does “active” mean, as in “Most active this week”?

When looking at stats pages on Rubyforge, the three things I’d be most  
curious about are,

1. For the past week, which projects have had the most changes made  
(i.e. lines of code changed), and

2. For the past week, the top 100 (or so) project’s downloaded (not  
just the top 10).

3. The last 100 most-recently registered projects.

Incidentally, it seems like all the stat pages are available from  
[http://rubyforge.org/top/](http://rubyforge.org/top/) , but on the front page, the link pointing  
to that page is actually placed under “Top Project Downloads” labeled  
“[more]”. If it _is_ the main stat page, you might want to give it a  
more prominent position on the front page.

Thanks again for keeping Rubyforge humming!

—John

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**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygem-download-stats-have-returned/71638/3 "2006-10-10T19:35:11Z")

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> > Thanks again for keeping Rubyforge humming!

Hear hear.

I think more snazzy graphs and ways to discover increasingly  
popular/downloaded gems/projects would be great.

Nic

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**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygem-download-stats-have-returned/71638/4 "2006-10-10T17:59:50Z")

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> BTW, what does “active” mean, as in “Most active this week”?

That’s sort of an aggregation of activity on a project - opened/closed  
bugs, forums posts, releases, number of developers, etc. It all gets  
added up and jumbled into one number.

> 1. For the past week, which projects have had the most  
> changes made (i.e. lines of code changed), and
> 
> 2. For the past week, the top 100 (or so) project’s  
> downloaded (not just the top 10).
> 
> 3. The last 100 most-recently registered projects.

Cool, OK, I’ll see what I can do!

> Incidentally, it seems like all the stat pages are available  
> from [http://rubyforge.org/top/](http://rubyforge.org/top/) , but on the front page, the  
> link pointing to that page is actually placed under “Top  
> Project Downloads” labeled “[more]”. If it _is_ the main stat  
> page, you might want to give it a more prominent position on  
> the front page.

Yeah, hm, let’s see. OK, I added a “stats” link to the front page;  
can’t hurt.

> Thanks again for keeping Rubyforge humming!

You’re welcome!

Yours,

Tom