This is really evident even in small projects. Many (most?) open source developers have full time day jobs often in software development. Adding the responsibil

This is really evident even in small projects. Many (most?) open source developers have full time day jobs often in software development. Adding the responsibilities of not only the software but also project management and customer service can be a huge burden. I think it's the combination that leads to a lot of dead projects. Then of course you have the other end of things with projects like Docker or Ansible that have large teams and often corporate funding but just can't keep up with the sheer firehose of issues and PRs.