Weekly Intelligence Report

Week of January 12, 2026

2 developer adoption shifts detected for the week of January 12, 2026.

Shift #1

PyPI Downloads surge: Milvus (Zilliz), Modal, Helicone

PyPI Downloads shifts: Milvus (Zilliz) up 109% (9,456,823 from 4,521,343); Modal down 46% (6,083,859 from 11,188,067); Helicone down 35% (1,804 from 2,760).

View Milvus →View Modal →View Helicone →

Shift #2

npm Downloads decline: Instructor, Chroma, LlamaIndex

npm Downloads shifts: Instructor down 24% (2,691 from 3,549); Chroma up 19% (362,087 from 304,770); LlamaIndex up 17% (259,410 from 220,860).

View Instructor →View Chroma →View Llamaindex →

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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