PPA Stats Web Interface

The fastest way to view download statistics for a package published in a PPA on Launchpad.

Try it out: https://ppa-stats.sheth.io/

Screenshot

Download statistics for my cava package. Live link: https://ppa-stats.sheth.io/#/?ppaName=ppa&ppaOwner=hsheth2&packageName=cava.

Similar Work

• https://wpitchoune.net/ppastats/
• https://gist.github.com/springmeyer/2778600
• https://gist.github.com/stefansundin/f9df6c5e0fd184c60709
• https://github.com/YokoZar/ppa-stats
• https://github.com/respawner/ppa-stats
• indicator-ppa-download-statistics from https://launchpad.net/~thebernmeister/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+packages

References

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/688141
• https://blog.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/tracking-ppa-download-statistics
• https://ftagada.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/ppa-stats-initial-impressions/
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/296197/how-to-find-out-the-package-download-count-from-a-ppa
• https://fosspost.org/tutorials/how-to-get-the-download-stats-of-any-ubuntu-ppa
• https://launchpad.net/+apidoc/1.0.html

Development

The project uses Node 24 and Yarn 1. The frontend is a Vue 3/Vite app; the backend is a small Express proxy that rewrites /lp-api requests to Launchpad and adds a one-hour public cache header for CDN caching.

cd lp-proxy
yarn install
node app.js

cd frontend
yarn install
yarn serve
yarn lint
yarn build

The production images are built through Docker Compose:

docker compose build

To Do

• write some notes on the technical details of it
• allow querying standard packages e.g. https://api.launchpad.net/1.0/ubuntu/+archive/primary?ws.op=getPublishedBinaries&exact_match=true&binary_name=silversearcher-ag
• use ordered=false on getPublishedBinaries for faster results
• add link to open launchpad for selected PPA
• add launchpad link for each binary/build in the table
• include publish/create dates in the table
• add stat for downloads limited to published packages