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    <p>There is only one canonical plugin repository: <a href="http://www.vim.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.vim.org</a>. But you should be aware that the stats are totally meaningless for a bunch of systemic and moral reasons:</p> <ul> <li><p>Vim.org is not the only repository so downloads may happen anywhere (github, bitbucket, personal site, sourceforge…) and thus not be counted.</p></li> <li><p>A high download count can only be interpreted as a high download count. It doesn't mean that the person who downloaded the plugin kept using it or… anything.</p></li> <li><p>One must be registered and logged-in to vote on plugins. The pool of voter is obviously smaller than the sum of Vim users or than the sum of the downloaders or than the sum of actual users.</p></li> <li><p>Voters are usually either super enthusiastic or super negative about the subject on which they vote. With most of the people with less marked opinions left outside of the vote, the result of rating/vote is <em>never</em> representative of anything worthwile.</p></li> <li><p>The apparent success or popularity of something is <strong>never</strong> an indication that that thing is the right choice for <em>you</em>. Downloading a plugin because it has a high download count or a high rating is absolutely not a guarantee that it will fit <em>your</em> workflow or solve <em>your</em> problem in a more satisfactory way than another plugin.</p></li> <li><p>The opinion of random internet strangers (like me) is generally not something valuable.</p></li> <li><p>And certainly others, but I'll assume that you get my point.</p></li> </ul> <p>The <em>only</em> sane way to choose a plugin (or a phone/car/anything) is to:</p> <ol> <li>go through the READMEs of every alternative,</li> <li>compare their pros/cons</li> <li>install the most promising plugins</li> <li>read their documentation</li> <li>test the hell out of them</li> <li>make <em>your</em> choice.</li> </ol>
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