When you install a package with npm, it reports "added M packages by N contributors". This is really helpful metric!
Sometimes I split up my packages into several subpackages, but you still only have to trust me. The number of contributors is often more important.
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The most common selling point I hear for Nix is having a list of all the packages you need.
On a traditional Linux distro, I just install things and forget about them. A curated, commented list would certainly be handy when I have a new system.
I've been really enjoying paru as a pacman substitute on Arch Linux: https://github.com/Morganamilo/paru
It allows you to update both normal and AUR packages in one go, which is super convenient. It also shows you PKGBUILD files, so there's still a human audit step for AUR.
I don't have much data on difftastic usage, and I suspect most users get it from the packages provided by their distro.
There's been a clear uptick in stars since I built a homepage in the last month or two though!
(The first big bump is when it hit Hacker News.)
