name: Download Stats to PostHog
on:
schedule:
# Run daily at 06:00 UTC
- cron: '0 6 * * *'
workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual trigger
jobs:
report-downloads:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Send download counts to PostHog
env:
POSTHOG_KEY: ${{ secrets.VITE_POSTHOG_KEY }}
POSTHOG_HOST: ${{ secrets.VITE_POSTHOG_HOST }}
GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
run: |
POSTHOG_HOST="${POSTHOG_HOST:-https://us.i.posthog.com}"
# Fetch all releases
releases=$(gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases --paginate)
# Parse and send per-release download counts
echo "$releases" | jq -c '.[]' | while read -r release; do
tag=$(echo "$release" | jq -r '.tag_name')
published=$(echo "$release" | jq -r '.published_at')
# Count real downloads (exclude .sig files and latest.json)
downloads=$(echo "$release" | jq '[.assets[] | select(.name | (endswith(".sig") or . == "latest.json") | not) | .download_count] | add // 0')
# Per-platform counts
windows=$(echo "$release" | jq '[.assets[] | select(.name | test("\\.(msi|exe)$")) | select(.name | endswith(".sig") | not) | .download_count] | add // 0')
macos=$(echo "$release" | jq '[.assets[] | select(.name | endswith(".dmg")) | .download_count] | add // 0')
linux=$(echo "$release" | jq '[.assets[] | select(.name | test("\\.(deb|rpm|AppImage)$")) | .download_count] | add // 0')
# latest.json hits (proxy for active installs checking for updates)
updater_checks=$(echo "$release" | jq '[.assets[] | select(.name == "latest.json") | .download_count] | add // 0')
echo " $tag: $downloads downloads (win=$windows, mac=$macos, linux=$linux, updater=$updater_checks)"
# Send to PostHog
curl -s -o /dev/null "${POSTHOG_HOST}/capture/" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d "{
\"api_key\": \"${POSTHOG_KEY}\",
\"event\": \"release_downloads\",
\"distinct_id\": \"github-release-stats\",
\"properties\": {
\"version\": \"${tag}\",
\"published_at\": \"${published}\",
\"total_downloads\": ${downloads},
\"windows_downloads\": ${windows},
\"macos_downloads\": ${macos},
\"linux_downloads\": ${linux},
\"updater_checks\": ${updater_checks}
}
}"
done
echo "Done reporting download stats to PostHog"
