Show HN: Nugx.org – A Fresh Nuget Experience

Show HN: Nugx.org – A Fresh Nuget Experience(nugx.org)

4 points by plsft 124 days ago | 4 comments

NuGet's default registry is serviceable, but discovering and comparing packages isn't great.

nugx.org (http://nugx.org/) is an alternative front-end with better search, popularity signals, dependency graphs, and a cleaner UI.

Built with Noundry (C# packages/tooling). Currently in beta — would love feedback on nugx.org.

nugx.org (https://nugx.org/)

swaminarayan 124 days ago |

Very cool — NuGet discovery has definitely felt lacking for a while.

Curious how you’re calculating popularity and ranking. Is it purely download counts, or are you incorporating signals like GitHub activity, release recency, maintenance cadence, etc.?

plsft 124 days ago | |

Thanks! the ranking is based on download counts and release cadence. I'm tweaking based on feedback. Also updating the related/similar packages and the 'setups.'

JacobArthurs 124 days ago |

Really cool! NuGet's biggest gap for me has always been evaluating packages quickly, like figuring out if something is actively maintained or has a transitive dependency nightmare before you've already committed to it.

plsft 124 days ago | |

Thank you! Yes! Same for me. I built this as a first pass. Look for frequent updates. I really am trying to push tooling and C# DX. Feels like Python/Typescript gets all the love these days.