Gentoostats

gentoostats can collect several statistics from Gentoo machines. It was a Google Summer of Code 2011 project.

Installation
Gentoostats is available through the betagarden overlay. Make sure the  USE flag has been enabled for  to install the repository. Also, the package is unstable, so add it to the file.

When first installed, the program created a unique identifier for your machine. Use this identifier later to view the statistics of your machine. The identifier is stored in.

Sending statistics
Sending statistics from a machine is simple. You can control which statistics are sent by editing.

Viewing statistics
The website can be used to view some aggregated statistics. To view the stats in JSON (instead of the regular HTML view), you have to add the "Accept:application/json" HTTP Header to your request. For instance:

You can also use the command-line interface to request JSON formatted statistics. For instance to view the statistics available on or view what different architectures are used:

The following options are available:
 * search
 * -c, --category
 * -p', --package''
 * -v', --version''
 * -r', --repo''
 * --min_hosts
 * --max_hosts
 * list
 * arch
 * feature
 * lang
 * mirror
 * repo
 * package
 * use