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Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

#1
I've been writing code forever but took a break to pursue some other interests. Now I'm ready to come back.

I'm looking for an open-source project to busy myself with while I resume networking and freelancing.

Ideally, I'd like to revive an practical OSS project that's been abandoned. Something useful but left untended for whatever reason.

What are some candidates? What project is broadly useful but seems to have lost its maintainer or their interest? What do you wish somebody was actively working on so that you didn't have to?

I've chosen not to offer constraints so that this can be more of a wishlist for the community than an answer just for me. I know there's some other people out there that would be eager to do the same thing I am.

Thanks, all!

Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

#10
The Axiom computer algebra system. Not sure what the status of the project is, but the last release notes are from 2014. They had big ambitions, including a completely literate codebase and provably correct implementations of all of their core algorithms.

http://www.axiom-developer.org/

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