CC Switch dev found stars flatlined after moving downloads off GitHub
tinyfool · x · 2026-09-24
The developer of CC Switch (JasonYoung1231) shares a counterintuitive observation: after migrating download and update sources to Cloudflare months ago so users no longer needed to visit GitHub, the project's star growth slowed noticeably. Adding a one-line tip pointing to GitHub before the last release instantly revived stars—a telling case study in open-source growth mechanics.
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