Fractal: An update on Fractal's future development

[allmarkedup]

Some of you may be aware that I (Mark) have recently stepped away from actively working on Fractal. In the last few months this has led to a lull in progress on the project with some uncertainty about how to best move it forward in the future. To help mitigate this we put out call for maintainers/developers; however we also realise that the project needs some direction and guidance during this period of transition and beyond.

Happily, with Clearleft's support, Danielle (@dkhuntrods) will soon have some more time to dedicate towards ensuring Fractal's future and ongoing development.

With the assistance of the people who have generously offered their support for this project we hope to build an active community to take part in this development, with Danielle taking on the role of community and development manager.

The first step is to work through the outstanding issues on version 1. Once we have a clearer idea of what structure our community will take, we can begin planning how to approach the stalled work on version 2. We'll post another update shortly with more details on how we intend to approach working through the v1 backlog.

In the meantime, if anyone is interested in contributing to Fractal’s development in any way please get in touch - we need your help!

We appreciate your patience during this time of transition and look forward to getting back to regular releases as soon as we can.

Mark, Danielle and the Fractal Team

[brianjhanson]

I'm interested in helping out if I can.

[kylejustice]

I'm interested in helping to continue and maintain the project.

[ajilderda]

Awesome guys! I have no experience in Node.js, but willing to help with the design and front-end side of things.

[tomdavies]

I'd also be interested in contributing to Fractal, as we're using it extensively at my work.

[mihkeleidast]

I would like to join the band, too :)

[LeBenLeBen]

As a frequent user of the tool, I would be happy to help Fractal more forward.

[dkhuntrods]

@brianjhanson @kylejustice @ajilderda @tomdavies @risker @LeBenLeBen and anyone else that would like to contribute:

I'm going to start a Slack channel for those interested in maintaining - can you please all let me know your usernames on Fractal's Slack, if you're on there, and sign up if not?

Thanks!

[brianjhanson]

Sure thing @dkhuntrods. I'm Brian Hanson over there (very creative username)

[kylejustice]

@dkhuntrods Yep! My Fractal Slack handle is just kylejustice

[LeBenLeBen]

@dkhuntrods I’m LeBen

[mihkeleidast]

@dkhuntrods I'm mihkeleidast on Slack.

[jaasum]

@dkhuntrods I'm jaasum on Slack.

[tomjeatt]

@dkhuntrods would love to get involved in this. Tom Jeatt on Slack.

[Chapabu]

We've just started using Fractal pretty heavily where I work, so I'm more than happy to help where I can. I'm chapabu on Slack :)

[mikkelrom]

@dkhuntrods I would like to help as well. mikkelrom on Slack 🙂

[iwright]

Hey @dkhuntrods,

I am interested in helping out too :) I'm iwright on Slack.

[thomaseckhardt]

@dkhuntrods I'd love to get involved in this too. I'm thomas on Slack.

[joshvickerson]

I have no experience with Fractal, but it's high on my list of tools to use as my team looks to start creating our own component library. If there's anything I can do to help I'd love to. Joined Slack as joshvickerson

[saneef]

@dkhuntrods I have been using Fractal extensively in our project. Would love to help. saneef on Slack.

[welitonderesende]

I'm interested in helping out if I can. I'm welitonderesende on Slack

[adrienne]

I just found this - and in fact I just very recently found Fractal - but I love the tool already and I'm interested in helping if I can be useful. I'm not on the slack yet but I plan to sign up tomorrow and I'll drop my username as soon as I do.

[tomdavies]

Hi both, great to have you on board! @welitonderesende I've added you to maintainers channel in slack. @adrienne let Doug March know via Slack DM that you're there and he'll add you too.

[armstrongb]

We're enthusiastic users of Fractal and wherever we can help develop/contribute we will endeavour to do so.

[adrienne]

I can't seem to get into the Slack signup? It says payment required.

[dkhuntrods]

Hi @adrienne there's an issue with the Slack service we have been using - we're in the process of changing it, but if you send me your email at [email protected], I'll send you an invite.

[aredridel]

I'm also quite happy to work on this some! We're going all in on fractal at work and it's fantastic.

[dkhuntrods]

Thanks @aredridel. I'm on holiday at the moment but back shortly so will be in touch when I'm back!

[sahilbabbar]

Hi @allmarkedup, I would also be happy to help grow this project. I have background in Angular, UX Design, Design Systems, Node.js(minor), and would like to contribute on that front.

[Chapabu]

Above comment removed as it didn't contribute to the discussion.

[buchanora]

I'd be happy to help out as well. Thinking of adopting fractal at my company.

[Chapabu]

I think I'm going to remove this one, as I think it's likely served it's purpose. If anyone is visiting this post-closure, please join the Fractal Slack and introduce yourself :)

[tfrijsewijk]

Wait - How does the Fractal Slack compare to to the Fractal Discord?

[tomdavies]

@tfrijsewijk this is a pretty old issue, hence the mention of Slack. The Fractal slack is no longer used, and we’re using Discord instead as it’s a better fit for community-based chat

[tfrijsewijk]

OK, thanks! I'm monitoring the Fractal Discord and just wanted to make sure I'm not missing anything :)