Wappalyzer: Stats on the usage of web based software

wappalyzer.com

3 pointsElbertF4 comments

My initial reaction was 'why?'!

But this actually an interesting tool for getting data on the most used platforms and tools. Rather than just giving the list of stats on a top 10 style, how about showing just how much more popular jQuery is than prototype and mootools, i think a % based dataset would be more valuable.

Nice work!

You can click through to categories and applications.

Compare all Javascript Frameworks: http://wappalyzer.com/stats/cat/JavaScript%20frameworks

Compare jQuery against Mootools: http://wappalyzer.com/stats/app/jQuery|Mootools

Much better! Sorry I didn't see that. If I were you, I'd put something like that on the home page so it is apparent to people what they can do with your product.

I launched this website today. Wappalyzer started out as a simple Firefox add-on that detects software used on websites, later I decided to keep track of these applications and make the statistics publicly available. Feedback is more then welcome.

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