It happens all the time.  You come across a useful-looking project that has few or no recent commits, many long-open issues and pull requests, and nothing is changing. How do you usually ask if the project is being maintained without sounding impatient and thankless or otherwise unpleasant? Is it good form to open an issue, or is there another method?
What's the right way to ask if a GitHub project is maintained?
github;etiquette