npm has 2.5M+ packages. PyPI has 500K+. These ecosystems are a goldmine for technology trend analysis.
What Package Data Reveals
- Technology adoption: Weekly downloads = how many developers use a tool
- Ecosystem health: Package count by category = market maturity
- Competitor analysis: Compare download trends of competing libraries
- Hiring signals: Popular packages = in-demand skills
Free APIs
- npm:
https://registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/search?text=web+scraping - PyPI:
https://pypi.org/pypi/{package}/json
The Tools
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