Sunsetting Jazzband
a day ago
- #Python
- #Open Source
- #Jazzband
- Jazzband is sunsetting after over 10 years of operation, with new signups disabled and project leads to be contacted for transfers by PyCon US 2026.
- The cooperative model of open membership and shared push access became untenable due to GitHub's AI-generated spam PRs and issues.
- Jazzband faced sustainability issues early on, with a lack of structure and financial support hindering its growth and management.
- Projects started leaving due to infrastructure limitations and governance challenges, with Django Commons stepping in for some Django projects.
- Over its lifetime, Jazzband grew to 3,135 members, maintained 84 projects with ~93,000 GitHub stars, and shipped 1,312 releases to PyPI.
- A detailed wind-down plan is in place, with project leads to be contacted soon for coordination.
- Jazzband's legacy includes significant contributions to the Python ecosystem, with projects downloaded over 150 million times a month.