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Alex Spinov
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Analyze npm and PyPI Package Data for Technology Trend Intelligence

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

My MCP Market Research Server includes npm and PyPI as data sources. Also: npm Package Scraper.

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