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. Something like https://pkgstats.archlinux.de/fun
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