List of sbt plugins sorted by GitHub stars. This was generated using https://gist.github.com/eed3si9n/ea4ceef0c5e5c07d6e62c87bea029f88, then augmented by hand.

sbt-plugin-ranking-2017-08-05.md

See https://github.com/sbt/sbt/wiki/sbt-1.x-plugin-migration for the list with sbt 1.x migration status.

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plugin	star
playframework/playframework	9597
scala-js/scala-js	3053
sbt/sbt-assembly	1092
mpeltonen/sbt-idea	1085
coursier/coursier	966
sbt/sbt-native-packager	869
jrudolph/sbt-dependency-graph	783
wartremover/wartremover	705
typesafehub/sbteclipse	658
scala-android/sbt-android	653
spray/sbt-revolver	550
jberkel/android-plugin	496
marcuslonnberg/sbt-docker	468
tpolecat/tut	398
sbt/sbt-release	393
ktoso/sbt-jmh	382
rtimush/sbt-updates	347
earldouglas/xsbt-web-plugin	346
scoverage/sbt-scoverage	336
sbt/sbt-web	311
sbt/sbt-buildinfo	307
xerial/sbt-pack	292
dcaoyuan/nbscala	242
eed3si9n/scalaxb	241
sbt/sbt-onejar	224
sbt/sbt-git	223
sbt/sbt-scalariform	214
ensime/ensime-sbt	204
sbt/sbt-fresh	173
sbt/sbt-start-script	149
softprops/np	148
vmunier/sbt-web-scalajs	145
xerial/sbt-sonatype	145
orrsella/sbt-sublime	145
Duhemm/sbt-errors-summary	141
sbt/sbt-bintray	134
typesafehub/migration-manager	131
sbt/sbt-protobuf	130
sbt/sbt-site	129
tkawachi/sbt-doctest	119
roboscala/sbt-robovm	108
scalastyle/scalastyle-sbt-plugin	107
47deg/sbt-microsites	106
sbt/sbt-header	102
sbt/sbt-groll	97
ceedubs/sbt-ctags	90
gilt/sbt-aws-lambda	88
heroku/sbt-heroku	85
dwijnand/sbt-dynver	83
sbt/sbt-unidoc	83
Tapad/sbt-docker-compose	79
scoverage/sbt-coveralls	77
gatling/gatling-sbt	77
sbt/sbt-boilerplate	76
frugalmechanic/fm-sbt-s3-resolver	76
dispalt/sbt-reactjs	75
sbt/sbt-scalabuff	74
sbt/sbt-pgp	74
sbt/jacoco4sbt	74
sbt/sbt-doge	73
ohnosequences/sbt-s3-resolver	72
shivawu/sbt-maven-plugin	70
gilt/sbt-newrelic	69
coursera/naptime	67
adamw/xsbt-proguard-plugin	67
lucidsoftware/neo-sbt-scalafmt	67
coursera/courier	66
jrudolph/sbt-optimizer	66
sbt/sbt-appengine	66
sbt/sbt-ghpages	66
pfn/kotlin-plugin	65
sbt/sbt-avro	63
sbt/sbt-aspectj	60
scala-native/sbt-crossproject	59
sksamuel/sbt-scapegoat	58
gilt/sbt-dependency-graph-sugar	58
arktekk/sbt-aether-deploy	57
saurfang/sbt-spark-submit	55
sbt/sbt-proguard	55
jenkinsci/sbt-plugin	55
softprops/coffeescripted-sbt	55
dscleaver/sbt-quickfix	54
softprops/ls	54
skipoleschris/xsbt-cucumber-plugin	54
softprops/sbt-growl-plugin	54
sbt/sbt-dirty-money	53
albuch/sbt-dependency-check	53
JetBrains/sbt-structure	53
ArpNetworking/sbt-typescript	52
bytedeco/sbt-javacv	51
orrsella/sbt-stats	51
Verizon/sbt-rig	50
unicredit/sbt-swagger-codegen	50
sbt/sbt-pom-reader	50
xuwei-k/sbt-class-diagram	50
jodersky/sbt-jni	48
ktoso/sbt-jol	48
tototoshi/sbt-musical	47
sbt/sbt-man	46
ThoughtWorksInc/sbt-api-mappings	45
softprops/less-sbt	45
steppenwells/sbt-sh	44
alexarchambault/sbt-ammonite	44
CSUG/sbt-one-log	44
jrudolph/sbt-cross-building	43
philcali/sbt-lwjgl-plugin	42
sbt/website	42
earldouglas/sbt-frege	39
Lifty/lifty	39
localytics/sbt-dynamodb	38
remeniuk/sbt-netbeans-plugin	38
Gekkio/sbt-jrebel-plugin	38
timperrett/sbt-cloudbees-plugin	36
scalacenter/sbt-release-early	36
tototoshi/sbt-slick-codegen	35
sbt/sbt-multi-jvm	35
Verizon/sbt-blockade	33
tkawachi/sbt-lock	33
sbt/findbugs4sbt	33
sbt/sbt-s3	33
kavedaa/sbt-javafx	32
sbt/cpd4sbt	32
kalmanb/sbt-ctags	32
sbt/sbt-osgi	30
backchatio/xsbt-scalate-generate	30
laughedelic/literator	30
dwijnand/sbt-travisci	29
thricejamie/sbt-meow	29
alexarchambault/sbt-notebook	29
thesamet/sbt-protoc	29
romanowski/hoarder	28
Geal/sbt-clojure	27
n8han/posterous-sbt	26
sbt/sbt-unique-version	24
etsy/sbt-checkstyle-plugin	24
tototoshi/sbt-build-files-watcher	23
localytics/sbt-s3	23
dwijnand/sbt-project-graph	22
sbt/sbt-slash	22
sqs/sbt-elasticbeanstalk	22
ITV/chuckwagon	22
lucidsoftware/sbt-cross	21
eltimn/sbt-closure	21
reaktor/sbt-deploy	21
oedura/scavro	20
ihji/sbt-antlr4	20
choucrifahed/sbt-elm	20
cdietze/sbt-gwt-plugin	20
yoshiyoshifujii/sbt-aws-serverless	20
bigtoast/sbt-liquibase	19
xitrum-framework/xitrum-package	19
wookietreiber/sbt-scaliterate	18
guardian/sbt-teamcity-test-reporting-plugin	18
scalatra/scalatra-sbt	17
ijuma/junit_xml_listener	17
dcaoyuan/nbsbt	17
bigtoast/sbt-thrift	16
fedragon/sbt-todolist	16
timetotrade/sbt-build-info-conf	15
sbt/sbt-xjc	15
etsy/sbt-compile-quick-plugin	15
sksamuel/sbt-versions	14
otrebski/sbt-flaky	14
eamelink/sbt-purescript	13
gilt/sbt-codedeploy	13
stefri/sbt-antlr	12
ThoughtWorksInc/sbt-scala-js-map	12
ritschwumm/xsbt-webstart	12
lloydmeta/sbt-opencv	11
johanandren/sbt-taglist	11
todesking/sbt-conflict-classes	11
tptodorov/sbt-cloudformation	11
localytics/sbt-sqs	11
hochgi/sbt-cassandra	11
hmrc/sbt-bobby	10
joescii/sbt-js-test	10
stefri/sbt-emberjs	10
josephearl/sbt-findbugs	10
qifun/sbt-haxe	9
softprops/jot	9
whysoserious/sbt-process-runner	9
sbt/sbt-appbundle	9
trafficland/tl-os-sbt-plugins	8
mvallerie/sbt-scage-plugin	8
mr-ken/sbt-dbdeploy	8
reikje/npt	8
scalatra/sbt-requirejs	8
sqality/sbt-scct	8
sbt/sbt-testng	8
ngs-doo/dsl-compiler-client	7
sbt/sbt-fmpp	7
jozic/sbt-about-plugins	7
saturday06/sbt-phantomjs	7
henrikerola/sbt-vaadin-plugin	7
indrajitr/sbt-yui-compressor	7
TailrecIO/sbt-aws-severus	7
rossabaker/sbt-signer-plugin	7
xuwei-k/sbtend	6
ritschwumm/xsbt-reflect	6
sbt/sbt-twt	6
davidharcombe/sbt-multi-publish	6
sbt/ant4sbt	6
jpsacha/sbt-imagej	6
philcali/cronish-sbt	5
timt/sbt-npm	5
casualjim/sbt-jelastic-deploy	5
PavelPenkov/sbt-notifications	5
programmiersportgruppe/sbt-tabular-test-reporter	5
hvesalai/sbt-mode	5
sbt/sbt-scalashim	4
Atry/sbt-cppp	4
Atry/pttrt	4
timetotrade/sbt-backup	4
xerial/sbt-jcheckstyle	4
cuzfrog/sbt-tmpfs	3
sbt/sbt-javaversioncheck	3
jpsacha/sbt-install4j	3
josephearl/sbt-verify	3
daniel-shuy/scripted-scalatest-sbt-plugin	3
seroperson/sbt-crashlytics	2
henders/sbt-pillar-plugin	2
aalleexxeeii/sbt-hocon	2
kjellwinblad/sbt-scalaedit-plugin	2
btd/sbt-less-plugin	2
earldouglas/sbt-heroku-deploy	2
idio/sbt-assembly-log4j2	2
lloydmeta/sbt-javacpp	1
nyavro/spi-plugin	1
reikje/sbt-planout4j	1
daniel-shuy/liquibase-slick-codegen-sbt-plugin	1
xuwei-k/sbtsvn	1
timt/sbt-dist-zip	1
shanbin/sbt-clover	1
cb372/sbt-write-output-to-file	0
henrikengstrom/sbt-ortho	0
sgrouples/sbt-solr-plugin	0
sbt/sbt-properties	0
randomcoder/sbt-gherkin-converter	0
maichler/sbt-jupiter-interface	0
ssanj/sbt-scuggest	0

version with descriptions, I hope someone will find it useful
https://gist.github.com/addmeaning/a56c15d87dbccf07616d43fe136cbb28)