I often use pkgstats to check the popularity of Arch packages I use. Sometimes I notice a package is declining in popularity, and I’d like to find similar alternatives that are trending instead.
Are there any sites that categorize Linux software and show popularity within each category, so it’s easier to discover alternatives?
Debian has a package called popcon (Popularity Contest) which tracks package usage.
https://popcon.debian.org/
You can search a package name. I made an example graph showing web browser usage. This may not be fully accurate because it isn’t showing proprietary browser such as Chrome or Brave.
https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=firefox-esr%2Cchromium%2Ckonqueror%2Cepiphany-browser%2Csurf%2Cw3m%2Clynx&show_vote=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&from_date=2019-01-01&to_date=&hlght_date=&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1