Many scientific software python packages---especially complex packages that depend on compiled libraries, like OpenMM---is now being made available through the anaconda cloud since they cannot easily be made available through PyPI (though the recent adoption of PEP 513 may change that). For example, the omnia software consortium uses the anaconda cloud as the primary means for distribution. Download statistics are readily available:
Many scientific software python packages---especially complex packages that depend on compiled libraries, like OpenMM---is now being made available through the anaconda cloud since they cannot easily be made available through PyPI (though the recent adoption of PEP 513 may change that). For example, the omnia software consortium uses the anaconda cloud as the primary means for distribution. Download statistics are readily available: