After more than 10 years, @jazzband is sunsetting.
I started it in 2015 because maintaining Open Source alone was exhausting. The idea was simple: shared access, shared responsibility. It's been an honor to watch it grow: 3,135 members, 84 projects, and a lot of code shipped together.
https://jazzband.co/news/2026/03/14/sunsetting-jazzband
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GitHub's slopocalypse made the open membership model untenable, but the cracks were older than that. I was the only roadie for the entire run and never managed to fix that. The full story, with 10 years of data and some honest reflection:
https://jazzband.co/news/2026/03/14/10-years-of-jazzband
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If you maintain a @jazzband project, expect an email before @pycon. django-commons is a great option if you're looking for a new home, they've already taken on several projects and got the governance right from day one.
Wind-down plan: https://jazzband.co/news/2026/03/14/wind-down-plan
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Jannis Leidel
Alyssa Coghlan