# Was there a thread here about libraries in need of help?

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**Created:** [February 27, 2026, 9:19am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/was-there-a-thread-here-about-libraries-in-need-of-help/5463 "2026-02-27T09:19:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![schnef](https://erlangforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@schnef](https://erlangforums.com/u/schnef)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 9:19am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/was-there-a-thread-here-about-libraries-in-need-of-help/5463/1 "2026-02-27T09:19:25Z")

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If I remember correctly, there was a discussion on this forum a while ago about the need to maintain existing libraries that are no longer actively maintained by their original developers. I can’t find the original thread at the moment and was wondering if any actions have been taken on that discussion?

I’m approaching a respectable age soon where I’ll have more time to do fun things. I’m therefore considering taking on the maintenance of a library. I was looking for a list of existing libraries that are looking for a maintainer, but I haven’t found such a list yet. Does anyone know of an actively maintained list of libraries that are seeking a maintainer?

If such a list doesn’t exist, how could you build one?

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**Author:** ![Maria-12648430](https://erlangforums.com/user_avatar/erlangforums.com/maria-12648430/32/604_2.png) [@Maria-12648430](https://erlangforums.com/u/Maria-12648430)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/was-there-a-thread-here-about-libraries-in-need-of-help/5463/2 "2026-03-02T14:38:56Z")

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I believe the thread you are referring to was this one: [Heroku replaces its Erlang-based router with Go](https://erlangforums.com/t/heroku-replaces-its-erlang-based-router-with-go/3826) . As far as I’m aware, there is no such list… 😕 Maybe you could start by compiling one 😉

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**Author:** ![DevotionGeo](https://erlangforums.com/user_avatar/erlangforums.com/devotiongeo/32/213_2.png) [@DevotionGeo](https://erlangforums.com/u/DevotionGeo)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/was-there-a-thread-here-about-libraries-in-need-of-help/5463/3 "2026-03-04T20:53:47Z")

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If Heroku had been running on Erlang until now without any issues, the reason for this replacement would not be scalability problems, but something else. Rigth?

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**Author:** ![Maria-12648430](https://erlangforums.com/user_avatar/erlangforums.com/maria-12648430/32/604_2.png) [@Maria-12648430](https://erlangforums.com/u/Maria-12648430)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/was-there-a-thread-here-about-libraries-in-need-of-help/5463/4 "2026-03-09T12:20:19Z")

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If you read the linked thread (@MononcQc made some educated guesses there): no, probably not. If I understand it correctly, tl;dr they painted themselves in a corner, and the people who could fix it had already left when that lead to problems.