diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/Package_request.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/Package_request.md
index c4fae6d271..5a21d6a2cb 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/Package_request.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/Package_request.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ For a package to be acceptable in the Main bucket, it should be:
 <!-- All items need to be checked. -->
 
 - [ ] a non-GUI tool
-- [ ] a reasonably well-known and widely used developer tool
+- [ ] a reasonably well-known and widely used developer tool (e.g. if it's a GitHub project, it should have at least 500 stars and 150 forks)
 - [ ] the latest stable version of the program
 - [ ] the full version i.e. not a trial version
 - [ ] a fairly standard install (e.g. uses a version-specific download URL, no elaborate pre/post install scripts)