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I think so. I mean, aside from Node based projects, how many people are really doing pure-javascript apps? The pattern is typically JS on the front and something else on the back.

I guess if you can split out Node, React Native, and whatever other thing people are doing with Javascript that is pure Javascript, that would be a little bit more fair.

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Why would exclude nodejs based projects? It's becoming the most common server type across the top 500 sites, and has an estimated 4+ million users.

Don't forget Electron desktop apps, also pure js - the framework itself has 100-200k monthly downloads.

If you read the article: It's because they couldn't tell apart Node and JavaScript projects.

However, I do disagree about not including JS.

If you read the parent comment, you'll find the question "how many people are really doing pure-javascript apps?"

I am not saying that I would exclude Node projects; I am saying I would exclude all Javascript projects that are not Node. Or React Native. Or Electron. Or whatever is used to create a purely Javascript app instead of one that only uses Javascript because a portion of the app's user interface exists at runtime in the context of a web browser.

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