Ask HN: With open source software, how do I find out where my users come from?

Re:Ask HN: With open source software, how do I find out wher... by sanketsarang on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:09AM (#29093088)

The first thing I would do is check if your Github repository is showing the traffic source. If your primary documentation is on Github, then you would expect most people to visit it in order to figure out how to use your software.

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Re:Ask HN: With open source software, how do I find out wher... by TheMonarchist on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:25AM (#29093208)

I think the increased traffic is due to something more popular now depending on OP's library. Their users won't come to its repository for documentation.

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Re:Ask HN: With open source software, how do I find out wher... by burning_hamster on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:46AM (#29093365)

Yeah, that was my initial thought, too. However, why was it only a short spike then? A dev branch that got merged into master by accident? Also, none of the projects that depend on my repo (as listed on github) have a lot of traction.

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Re:Ask HN: With open source software, how do I find out wher... by burning_hamster on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:10AM (#29093096)

Yeah, I did. There wasn't much there. A few more people than usual but well within the margin of error. The majority being referred from Google.

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Re:Ask HN: With open source software, how do I find out wher... by sanketsarang on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:25AM (#29093204)

Hmm... not really found another way of doing this. Would be very keen on seeing what others are doing.

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