I disagree with that premise though. Just because I made a package that's in the same realm as make doesn't mean that I could have or would have contributed to

I disagree with that premise though. Just because I made a package that's in the same realm as make doesn't mean that I could have or would have contributed to make instead. And there's something to be said about smaller single-purpose tools. Adding a ton of features to something like make to support every possible option isn't a good idea IMO. Sometimes a small opinionated package with a "correct" way to use it is best for some circumstances. Regardless, I really think that the market will sort itself out. If it's oversaturated then some big players will rise to the top and the rest forgotten. Unlike a Linux distro package manager, anyone can add anything to NPM with zero oversight. It makes the "floor" of quality much lower, but fragmentation isn't that big of a deal as the effort to publish is so low.