They place an emphasis on Github star count, but that is a terrible usage metric. Leaf got a lot of stars because it got a lot of HN exposure, but at the same time Leaf had no users. Assumedly <i>that&#x27;s</i> the real reason why they are stopping development.<p>Here are the metrics that matter.<p>Over the lifetime of the project:<p>- 14 contributors<p>- 40 issues opened<p>- 161 forks<p>In the past month:<p>- 7 issues opened<p>- 6 PRs opened<p>In the past week:<p>- 0 issues opened<p>- 0 PRs opened<p>In other words, a ghost town. The lesson here is that a lot of HN exposure does not automatically convert into a lot of users.