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 ## Download statistics
 
-Release download counts aggregated from
-[`bitdynamics-ab/canton-devkit`](https://github.com/bitdynamics-ab/canton-devkit/releases)
-and
-[`bitdynamics-ab/homebrew-canton-devkit`](https://github.com/bitdynamics-ab/homebrew-canton-devkit/releases)
-(merged by tag). The monthly chart is derived from daily cumulative
-snapshots (GitHub exposes only current totals). Charts refresh daily via
-[`release-stats.yml`](.github/workflows/release-stats.yml); checksum
-files are excluded from the counts. Exact numbers:
-[release-downloads.md](https://github.com/bitdynamics-ab/canton-devkit/blob/release-stats-data/docs/assets/release-downloads.md).
-
-<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitdynamics-ab/canton-devkit/release-stats-data/docs/assets/release-downloads-monthly.svg" alt="Monthly release downloads" width="720" />
-
-<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitdynamics-ab/canton-devkit/release-stats-data/docs/assets/release-downloads-by-platform.svg" alt="All-time downloads per platform" width="720" />
+(Standalone install downloads only, DPM installs via `dpm install` are not included.)
+
+![Monthly release downloads](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitdynamics-ab/canton-devkit/release-stats-data/docs/assets/release-downloads-monthly.svg)
+
+![All-time downloads per platform](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitdynamics-ab/canton-devkit/release-stats-data/docs/assets/release-downloads-by-platform.svg)
 
 ## Contributing