Feature: Display download counts for GitHub release artefacts #1402
Description
The Headlamp project requested support for viewing download counts of GitHub release artefacts directly in the interface. This data is publicly available through the GitHub API. For example:
curl -s -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" https://api.github.com/repos/headlamp-k8s/plugins/releases | jq '.[] | {tag_name: .tag_name, assets: [.assets[] | {name: .name, downloads: .download_count}]}'
Download counts would help to understand adoption of different release versions over time. GitHub exposes this data, but does not provide any charts or summaries for it.
Adding this feature would give maintainers clearer insight into plugin usage without requiring extra tracking.
Jira Issue: DE-803