Weekly Intelligence Report

Week of December 1, 2025

2 developer adoption shifts detected for the week of December 1, 2025.

Shift #1

PyPI Downloads surge: Helicone, Cerebras, Modal

PyPI Downloads shifts: Helicone up 153% (1,453 from 574); Cerebras down 55% (1,068,660 from 2,372,773); Modal up 54% (9,028,877 from 5,879,233).

View Helicone →View Cerebras →View Modal →

Shift #2

npm Downloads surge: Helicone, Braintrust, Instructor

npm Downloads shifts: Helicone up 49% (5,443 from 3,647); Braintrust up 41% (1,367,301 from 968,824); Instructor down 40% (1,483 from 2,486).

View Helicone →View Braintrust →View Instructor →

Methodology

Adoption signals sourced from PyPI and npm download registries using 30-day rolling windows. Community signals from Hacker News API. All data collected and computed daily.

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