Github: Can I see the number of downloads for a repo?

Question

In Github, is there a way I can see the number of downloads for a repo?

Answer 1

Based on VonC and Michele Milidoni answers I've created this bookmarklet which displays downloads statistics of github hosted released binaries.

Note: Because of issues with browsers related to Content Security Policy implementation, bookmarklets can temporarily violate some CSP directives and basically may not function properly when running on github while CSP is enabled.

Though its highly discouraged, you can disable CSP in Firefox as a temporary workaround. Open up about:config and set security.csp.enable to false.