In order to not become abandoned, open source software needs to be not only open source, but also to have easily accessible source control, issue tracker and other community-required tools.<p>In case of Unison – it&#x27;s a program done by a brilliant Computer Scientist and author of one of the best books I&#x27;ve read (well, reading) &quot;Types and Programming Languages&quot; Benjamin Pierce. I know he had put quite some research effort into that tool, but I don&#x27;t see community-related infrastructure around it being in place, that&#x27;s why it looks (or maybe is) rather abandoned.<p>Btw, here&#x27;s another fun video of B. Pierce making some intriguing statements regarding a popular file-sync program called Dropbox <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Y2jQe8DFzUM" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Y2jQe8DFzUM</a>