One reason it's dead is because Grails has issues with its governance. Look up the DNS details for its website (grails.org) and you'll see the same single indiv

One reason it's dead is because Grails has issues with its governance. Look up the DNS details for its website (grails.org) and you'll see the same single individual listed, with a blank organization field, as the contact person for registrant, admin, and tech. A project run by a single dictator instead of many leaders cooperating together within some organizational structure, not even a loose one, isn't one users are going to trust. Apache Groovy had a similar problem which also helped caused its decline. It joined the ASF 2 years ago, but it was too late.