How community scores work

Ratings come from signed-in users. One rating per person per distro; you can change or remove it any time.

The score is a smoothed average

A distro with two ratings shouldn't be able to beat one with two hundred. So every score starts at the average of all ratings on the site and moves toward the distro's own average as its ratings come in. The formula is (C × site average + sum of ratings) ÷ (C + number of ratings), with C = 5. After about 5 ratings a distro's own ratings outweigh the site average. Each distro page also shows the plain average.

Verified ratings

Ratings from accounts signed in through GitHub, GitLab or Codeberg count straight away, and the forge account has to be at least 30 days old. Each distro page shows what share of its ratings come from these verified accounts.

Moderation

Reviews appear immediately. We hide spam and abuse after the fact. Sponsors and affiliates never change a score.