Scoop: [Discussion] Most downloaded packages?

[roysubs]

Do you record stats on the packages that are most often downloaded and are these things available?

Also, are there forums where people openly discuss their usage of scoop that you can point me at?

[Calinou]

We don't have analytics since packages are downloaded directly from developers' official download links. As far as I know, there are no plans to integrate an analytics system à la Homebrew where Scoop would "phone home" to a server.

Also, are there forums where people openly discuss their usage of scoop that you can point me at?

There's a Discord server and this issue tracker, but that seems to be it so far.

[r15ch13]

As Calinou says, there are no analytics right now.

I've had this feature in mind for a while, but it would have to implemented with privacy in mind.

• It should only track packages from the official buckets, so it doesn't expose private packages (package names)
• It could track the PowerShell version
• The server shouldn't track any geolocation data or IPs
• The server probably has to handle good amount of traffic

I don't know which additional metrics would be useful to track to justify this feature.

[grantcarthew]

I suggested as such with #3658

The idea was canned without a second thought.

It would be a really useful tool.