Most of the projects are really great, but some projects are often uniquely amazing. Such projects are recommended according to their active support and user preference. This helps new users to choose such projects when they don't want to check other things deeply.

Lets say there are about hundreds of projects related to "File manager". Like, some are originally published, and others are derived from original ones. Some have better features, and others have better user-support, etc.

So, for us too, it is difficult task to choose "Editor Choice" projects from such huge list.

Eligility for getting an Editor's Choice badge

Project & the publisher should be following user policy
The project should be original and full of quality features
If the project is derived from original one, then it should have major changes that makes it mostly different from original project + You should be giving Attributes to the creator
Even the project is amazing, the project details like Icon, Screenshots, Description, etc, also matters and it should be well provided
Key: Impress the community, boom, your project is Editor's Choice