Actually CrossLine, which is the tool I still use and maintain, is pretty easy to build. When I implemented these tools, there were no package managers; and I actually don't like tools, which download an unbounded number of misterious things of any size, but prefer to be in charge myself.
And that is precisely the advantage of open source: if someone thinks that something can be done better, they can just do it.
Getting traction is not the primary goal ;-)
Actually CrossLine, which is the tool I still use and maintain, is pretty easy to build. When I implemented these tools, there were no package managers; and I actually don't like tools, which download an unbounded number of misterious things of any size, but prefer to be in charge myself.
And that is precisely the advantage of open source: if someone thinks that something can be done better, they can just do it.