diff --git a/.github/workflows/get_papi_github_statistics.yml b/.github/workflows/get_papi_github_statistics.yml
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+name: PAPI GitHub Statistics
+
+#    parser.add_argument("--filenames", default = None,  help = "Name of file(s) to save the plots under. If all is provided to --plots-to-generate you must provide TWO filenames and list them as comma separated.")
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      starting_release:
+        type: string
+        description: "The release you want to begin plotting from. Default is 0 and corresponds to the first PAPI GitHub release."
+        default: "0"
+        required: false
+      plot_to_generate:
+        type: choice
+        description: "Type of plot to generate. Default is all."
+        default: "all"
+        options:
+          - all
+          - bar
+          - line
+        required: false
+      figsize:
+        type: string
+        description: "Size of the generated figure(s). Must bein the format width_size,height_size."
+        default: "12,5"
+        required: false
+      colors:
+        type: string
+        description: "Colors to be used in the generated plot. You can pass a colormap or list of colors. In the case of a list of colors, they must be comma separated and the number provided must match the number of releases you wish to plot."
+        default: "viridis"
+        required: false
+      fontsize:
+        type: string
+        description: "Fontsizes for the plots x and y ticks/labels and title."
+        default: "14"
+      barplot_kwargs:
+        type: string
+        description: "Keyword arguments for the generated barplot"
+        required: false
+      lineplot_kwargs:
+        type: string
+        description: "Keyword arguments for the generated lineplot"
+        required: false
+      scatterplot_kwargs:
+        type: string
+        description: "Keyword arguments for the generated scatterplot"
+        required: false
+
+jobs:
+  get_papi_github_statistics:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup Python Dependency
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.14"
+
+      - name: Install Matplotlib
+        run: |
+          pip install matplotlib
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Plot PAPI GitHub Statistics
+        run: >
+          python3 .github/workflows_scripts/ga_papi_github_download_count_and_unique_clones.py
+          --starting-release ${{ github.event.inputs.starting_release }} 
+          --plot-to-generate ${{ github.event.inputs.plots_to_generate }} 
+          --figsize ${{ github.event.inputs.figsize }} 
+          --colors ${{ github.event.inputs.colors }} 
+          --fontsize ${{ github.event.inputs.fontsize }} 
+          #--barplot-kwargs ${{ github.event.inputs.barplot_kwargs }} 
+          #--lineplot-kwargs ${{ github.event.inputs.lineplot_kwargs }} 
+          #--scatterplot-kwargs ${{ github.event.inputs.scatterplot_kwargs }} 
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+ 
diff --git a/.github/workflows_scripts/ga_papi_github_download_count_and_unique_clones.py b/.github/workflows_scripts/ga_papi_github_download_count_and_unique_clones.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import matplotlib as mpl
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import json
+import subprocess
+import numpy as np
+import argparse
+import datetime
+
+
+'''
+Notes:
+Returns a list of releases
+Seems that with json it can have multiple sections
+Have to index into the sections
+'''
+
+#TODO: 1. Incorporate starting release argument, how can I properly offset the annotation? Can the annotation be used for the barplot as well?
+
+def setup_args() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
+    """Setup the command line interface.
+
+    :returns: An instance of argparse.ArgumentParser.
+    :rtype: argparse.ArgumentParser
+    """
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--starting-release", default = 0, help = "The release you want to begin plotting from. Default is 0 and correponds to the first PAPI GitHub release.")
+    parser.add_argument("--plot-to-generate", default = "all", help = "Type of plot to generate. Options include [all (default), bar, or line].")
+    parser.add_argument("--figsize", default = "12,5", help = "Size of the generated figure. Must be in the format width_size,height_size.")
+    parser.add_argument("--colors", default = "viridis", help = "Colors to be used in the generated plot. You can pass a colormap or list of colors. In the case of a list of colors, they must be comma separated and the number provided must match the number of releases you wish to plot.")
+    parser.add_argument("--fontsize", default = 14, help = "Fontsizes for the plots x and y ticks/labels and title.")
+    parser.add_argument("--filenames", default = None,  help = "Name of file(s) to save the plots under. If all is provided to --plots-to-generate you must provide TWO filenames and list them as comma separated.")
+    parser.add_argument("--barplot-kwargs", default = None, help = "Keyword arguments for the generated barplot.")
+    parser.add_argument("--lineplot-kwargs", default = None, help = "Keyword arguments for the generated lineplot.")
+    parser.add_argument("--scatterplot-kwargs", default = None, help = "Keyword arguments for the generated scatterplot.")
+
+    return parser
+
+def get_papi_release_download_count() -> tuple[int, list[str], list[int]]:
+    """For each PAPI release on GitHub get the download count.
+
+    :returns: A tuple containing number of releases, name of releases, and the download count per release.
+    :rtype: tuple
+    """
+    repo_owner = "icl-utk-edu"
+    repo = "papi"
+
+    #TODO: Need to load gh, I will have to check to make sure that a user has this loaded.
+    #TODO: Maybe make it as a list?
+    papi_release_info_json = subprocess.run(f"gh api -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' /repos/{repo_owner}/{repo}/releases", shell = True, capture_output = True, text = True)
+    papi_release_info_python = json.loads(papi_release_info_json.stdout)
+
+    names_of_releases = []
+    number_of_downloads_per_release = []
+    #a list, that contains a dictionary, that dictionary has keys, a key is assets, which contains a list, which contains another dictionary
+    for release_entry in papi_release_info_python:
+        names_of_releases.insert(0, release_entry["name"])
+        number_of_downloads_per_release.insert(0, release_entry["assets"][0]["download_count"])
+
+    return len(names_of_releases), names_of_releases, number_of_downloads_per_release
+
+def get_papi_unique_clones() -> tuple[int, list[str], list[int]]:
+    """For the last 14 days get the total number of unique clones.
+
+    :returns: A tuple containing the number of timestamps, data of the timestamps, and number of unique clones per timestamp.
+    :rtype: tuple
+    """
+    repo_owner = "icl-utk-edu"
+    repo = "papi"
+
+    papi_traffic_json = subprocess.run(f"gh api -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' /repos/{repo_owner}/{repo}/traffic/clones", shell = True, capture_output = True, text = True)
+    papi_traffic_python = json.loads(papi_traffic_json.stdout)
+
+    print(papi_traffic_python)
+
+    timestamps = []
+    number_of_unique_clones = []
+    # List of dictionaries containing the time stamps and the unique download counts
+    for clone_entry in papi_traffic_python["clones"]:
+        date, _ = clone_entry["timestamp"].split("T")
+        timestamps.append(date)
+        number_of_unique_clones.append(clone_entry["uniques"])
+
+    return len(timestamps), timestamps, number_of_unique_clones
+
+def plot_papi_github_statistics(data_for_the_x_axis: list, data_for_the_y_axis: list,  parsed_command_line_args: tuple) -> None:
+    """Plot either the PAPI GitHub release download count or PAPI GitHub unique clones.
+    Plots that can be generated include bar or line.
+
+    :param data_for_the_x_axis: Either a list of PAPI GitHub releases or timestamps in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
+    :type data_for_x_axis: list
+    :param data_for_the_y_axis: Either a list of PAPI GitHub release download counts or number of unique clones.
+    :type data_for_y_axis: list
+    :param parsed_command_line_args: A tuple containing the parsed arguments from the command line interface.
+    :type parsed_command_line_args: tuple
+    """
+    # Unpack the tuple of arguments that were created in parse_args
+    plots_to_generate, filenames, barplot_kwargs, lineplot_kwargs, scatterplot_kwargs, plots_fontsize, plots_figsize = parsed_command_line_args
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize = plots_figsize)
+    for plot,filename in zip(plots_to_generate, filenames):
+        # Showcase the PAPI GitHub download count via a barplot
+        if plot == "bar":
+            bars = ax.bar(data_for_the_x_axis, data_for_the_y_axis, **barplot_kwargs)
+            ax.bar_label(bars, padding = 3, fontsize = plots_fontsize)
+        # Showcase the PAPI GitHub download count via a lineplot
+        elif plot == "line":
+            ax.plot(data_for_the_x_axis, data_for_the_y_axis, zorder = 0, **lineplot_kwargs)
+            ax.scatter(data_for_the_x_axis, data_for_the_y_axis, zorder = 1, **scatterplot_kwargs)
+            # Add annotations
+            for name, count in zip(data_for_the_x_axis, data_for_the_y_axis):
+                ax.annotate(f"{count}", xy=(name, count + 70), ha = "center", fontsize = plots_fontsize)
+        # Plot option has yet to be implemented
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError
+
+        # Handle the figures title
+        plots_title = "The Number of Downloads per PAPI Release via GitHub"
+        ax.set_title(plots_title, fontsize = plots_fontsize)
+
+        # Handle the figures y-axis
+        plots_ylabel = "Number of Downloads"
+        yaxis_stepsize = 300
+        yaxis_current_max = max(number_of_downloads_per_release)
+        ## The y-axis max is updated to be + yaxis_stepsize such that
+        ## a value is placed at the top left corner of the plot
+        yaxis_updated_max = yaxis_current_max + yaxis_stepsize
+        ax.set_yticks(np.arange(0, yaxis_updated_max, yaxis_stepsize))
+        ax.tick_params(axis = "y", labelsize = plots_fontsize)
+        ax.set_ylabel(plots_ylabel, fontsize = plots_fontsize)
+
+        # Handle the figures x-axis
+        plots_xlabel = "PAPI Releases"
+        ax.set_xlabel(plots_xlabel, fontsize = plots_fontsize)
+        ax.tick_params(axis = "x", labelsize = plots_fontsize)
+
+        # Save the figure
+        #fig.tight_layout()
+        #fig.savefig(filename)
+
+def parse_args(cmd_line_args: argparse.Namespace, number_of_papi_releases_on_gh: int):
+    """Parse the command line interface args and assign defaults if necessary.
+
+    :param cmd_line_args
+    :type cmd_line_args: argparse.Namespace
+    :param
+    :type
+    :returns:
+    :rtype:
+    """
+    # Handle the arg --plot-to-generate
+    list_of_plots = None
+    if cmd_line_args.plot_to_generate == "all":
+        list_of_plots = ["bar", "line"]
+    elif cmd_line_args.plot_to_generate == "bar":
+        list_of_plots = ["bar"]
+    else:
+        list_of_plots = ["line"]
+
+    # Handle the arg --filenames
+    ## If the argument --filenames has been provided then
+    ## convert them to a list
+    list_of_filenames = []
+    if cmd_line_args.filenames:
+        seperator = ","
+        for filename in cmd_line_args.filenames.split(seperator):
+            list_of_filenames.append(filename)
+    ## If the argument --filename has not been provided then
+    ## create our own 
+    else:
+        for plot in list_of_plots:
+            list_of_filenames.append(f"number_of_downloads_per_papi_release_via_github_{plot}")
+
+    # Number of plots and number of filenames must match
+    if len(list_of_plots) != len(list_of_filenames):
+        raise ValueError(f"The number of plots ({len(list_of_plots)}) does not match then number of filenames ({len(list_of_filenames)})")
+
+    # Handle the arg --figsize
+    seperator = ","
+    width, height = cmd_line_args.figsize.split(seperator)
+    figsize = (int(width), int(height))
+
+
+    colors = None
+    # Handle the arg --colors
+    if cmd_line_args.colors:
+       ## A list of colors were provided
+       if "," in cmd_line_args.colors:
+           seperator = ","
+           colors = cmd_line_args.colors.split(seperator)
+           if len(colors) != number_of_papi_releases_on_gh:
+               raise ValueError(f"A total of {len(colors)} colors were provided to --colors, but {number_of_papi_releases_on_gh} releases are being plotted.")
+       else:
+           try:
+               cmp = mpl.colormaps[cmd_line_args.colors]
+           except KeyError as e:
+               e.add_note(f"The colormap {cmd_line_args.colors} provided to --colors is not actually a colormap.")
+               raise
+           colors = cmp(np.linspace(0, 1, number_of_papi_releases_on_gh)) 
+
+    # Handle the arg --barplot-kwargs
+    barplot_kwargs = None
+    ## If the argument --barplot-kwargs has been provied then
+    ## convert the JSON to a Python dictionary to be used
+    if cmd_line_args.barplot_kwargs:
+        barplot_kwargs = json.loads(cmd_line_args.barplot_kwargs)
+    # If the argument --barplot-kwargs has not been provied then
+    # use default
+    else:
+        barplot_kwargs = { 
+            "edgecolor": "black",
+            "linewidth": 1.5,
+            "color": colors,
+        }
+
+    # Handle the arg --lineplot-kwargs
+    lineplot_kwargs = None
+    ## If the argument --lineplot-kwargs has been provied then
+    ## convert the JSON to a Python dictionary to be used
+    if cmd_line_args.lineplot_kwargs:
+        lineplot_kwargs = json.loads(cmd_line_args.lineplot_kwargs)
+    ## If the argument --lineplot-kwargs has not been provied then
+    ## use default
+    else:
+        lineplot_kwargs = {
+            "linewidth": 3,
+            "color": "black",
+        }
+
+    # Handle the arg --scatterplot-kwargs
+    scatterplot_kwargs = None
+    ## If the argument --scatterplot-kwargs has been provied then
+    ## convert the JSON to a Python dictionary to be used
+    if cmd_line_args.scatterplot_kwargs:
+        scatterplot_kwargs = json.loads(cmd_line_args.scatterplot_kwargs)
+    ## If the argument --scatterplot-kwargs has not been provied then
+    ## use default    
+    else:
+        scatterplot_kwargs = {
+            "marker": "o",
+            "s": 200,
+            "color": colors,
+            "edgecolor": "black",
+            "linewidth": 2,
+        }
+
+    return list_of_plots, list_of_filenames, barplot_kwargs, lineplot_kwargs, scatterplot_kwargs, cmd_line_args.fontsize, figsize
+     
+            
+#TODO: I will just make this an action.
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Get the GitHub release metadata
+    number_of_papi_releases_on_gh, names_of_papi_releases, number_of_downloads_per_release = get_papi_release_download_count()
+
+    #number_of_entries, timestamps, clones = get_papi_unique_clones()
+
+    # Parse the arguments 
+    args = setup_args()
+    tuple_of_command_line_args = parse_args(args.parse_args(), number_of_papi_releases_on_gh)
+    #tuple_of_command_line_args = parse_args(args.parse_args(), number_of_entries)
+
+    #plot_papi_github_statistics(timestamps, clones, tuple_of_command_line_args)
+    plot_papi_github_statistics(names_of_papi_releases, number_of_downloads_per_release, tuple_of_command_line_args)
+
+