I built a platform for projects to find maintainers
A few days ago, someone I follow asked the community for help maintaining his side-project, 512kb.club. This got me thinking. There are loads of maintainers out there feeling burnt out, but they can't abandon their project since people are depending on the project to be maintained. In an effort to combat this, I built a website that lists projects looking for new maintainers. It's still quite empty and has some rough edges. Any feedback is very welcome!
I built a platform for projects to find maintainers launched on March 20, 2022 with 49 votes, #978 of 3,153 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.
In plain words
A platform that connects open-source projects needing maintenance with potential new maintainers. The site addresses burnout among current maintainers who struggle to step down from projects others depend on. It allows projects to post listings seeking help and enables developers to discover opportunities to take over or contribute to established projects. The platform is in early stages and welcomes user feedback.
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A list of open source projects looking for new maintainers
Maintaining a project that is used by hundreds, thousands or even millions of people can be stressful. Replying to issues, merging pull requests and answering questions in forums is a vital part of every open source project, but it takes a lot of time and energy, especially if you also work full-time in your day job. This list is an index of open source projects seeking new maintainers. If you find a project that sounds interesting and you're looking for a way to help out, feel free to take a look at their posting and apply as a maintainer. If you maintain a project yourself and feel stressed out, you're more than welcome to add it to this list. gpodder.net is a web service to manage your…from seeking-maintainers.net
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