Open source doesn't maintain itself.

Projects get abandoned, but the software that depends on them doesn't. Still Maintained makes sure critical open source projects are still maintained so the rest of the ecosystem can keep running.

Submit a Project Learn More
// What We Do

Keeping projects alive

Thousands of open source libraries sit underneath the global software supply chain. When their maintainers move on, the projects don't disappear. They just stop getting updates. Vulnerabilities go unpatched. Compatibility breaks pile up. Still Maintained gives these projects the maintenance they need to keep working.

Identify

We look for widely-used projects with inactive or overwhelmed maintainers. The kind of software that breaks things downstream when it stops getting updates.

Adopt

With maintainer consent, we take over stewardship. Original authors retain credit and advisory roles. We handle triage, releases, and security response.

Maintain

Contributors provide security patches, compatibility updates, and dependency management. Stability over new features.

// Why It Matters

The maintenance gap in numbers

Open source is infrastructure. When it stops being maintained, everything built on top of it inherits the problem.

96%
of codebases
Commercial codebases contain open source components. The median application depends on over 500 open source packages. (Synopsys OSSRA, 2024)
60%+
unpaid
Most maintainers of critical open source projects are unpaid volunteers with no organizational backing. (Tidelift, 2021)
1-2
developers
Many of the most critical open source projects are maintained by only one or two individuals. (Harvard/Linux Foundation Census II, 2020)
2T+
downloads / year
Open source package registries serve trillions of downloads annually, most from projects with no formal maintenance structure. (Sonatype, 2024)
// Get Involved

Get involved

Still Maintained is supported by donations and sustained by community contributors.

Contribute Code

Review patches, triage issues, or become a maintainer for an adopted project. All contributions go through standard code review.

hello@stillmaintained.org →

Donate

Donations fund infrastructure and maintainer time. All contributions go directly toward keeping projects maintained.

donate@stillmaintained.org →

Nominate a Project

Know an unmaintained project that critical systems depend on? Tell us about it.

projects@stillmaintained.org →
// About

Why this exists

Too much critical software depends on projects that no one is looking after anymore. We started Still Maintained because we kept running into the same problem: widely-used libraries with open CVEs, stale pull requests, and no one at the wheel.

If you maintain a project you can no longer support, or you depend on one that needs help, reach out at hello@stillmaintained.org.