As initiators, maintainers and users of FLOSS digital commons come and go, I wonder about the sustainability of such commons. It’s a multifaceted problem regarding governance, learnability, legacy, economy and that would be my main concern on custom solutions. It is not so much regarding the core and plugins approach, which I think is one of the biggest strengths in TW, but what happens in the middle.
For example, we used Nico’s Projectify to create our own mod, ProjectifyMod, which is mainly a curation of extra plugins and added macros. I’m pretty sure TW will be here in the years to come, but Nico has closed the repository for further contributions, left it read only. I imagine we will need to learn and deconstruct Projectify to keep it evolving and customizing. BTW, this informal community spaces for learning are an important resource on making FLOSS commons sustainable. I think that more formal and structurated like @sobjornstad’s Grok TiddlyWiki — Build a deep, lasting understanding of TiddlyWiki written from a more pedagogical perspective are an important addition to TW sustainability. Connecting formal and informal learning resources and practices will be key for that also. And for sure TW newbies and relapsing users like myself :-P, could help by participating more actively and making more questions.
Ps: A deeper concern about the sustainability of digital commons would be related with the economic commons, but that’s another (related) topic for another time. We will launch some TW powered early draft and prototypes on that, hopefully this year. I’ll keep you posted, if that happen.