Number of followers/watchers is usually a good indication of how well-liked a project is. And as with any other open-source software, without sniffing in the code a little bit you never know what you're getting, regardless of how good the docs are or how sleek the project hosting pages are.
I like how most bigger projects are doing it nowadays: a separate page/mini-website, often using GitHub pages, that is user-centric and usually has a direct download link, and then GitHub for fellow developers.
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1. Look at the README. 2&3. Semver.
Number of followers/watchers is usually a good indication of how well-liked a project is. And as with any other open-source software, without sniffing in the code a little bit you never know what you're getting, regardless of how good the docs are or how sleek the project hosting pages are.
I like how most bigger projects are doing it nowadays: a separate page/mini-website, often using GitHub pages, that is user-centric and usually has a direct download link, and then GitHub for fellow developers.