> Your statement is false. They called for contributors many times, last time in August https://github.com/fafhrd91/actix-web/issues/1019 .. This was public and open message and is not the first time.
That thread is full of people trying to sign up and help. Either they all lied or nobody was accepted.
Though while people are ready to open issues and complain, sometimes even supply patches and make big noise if they do not pass code review, there were nobody who could join to share responsibility in making decisions about the project.