what is dear-github fr?

This repository is an open letter to GitHub from the people who maintain some of the world's most popular open source projects, like React, jQuery, TypeScript, and Babel. These maintainers are frustrated because they feel ignored by GitHub when they ask for features or report problems. The core complaint is that GitHub has become essential infrastructure for open source development, yet there's no real way for project maintainers to get help or know what GitHub is working on. When they submit requests through GitHub's support channels, they either get no response or an empty one, with no visibility into whether their feedback matters or will ever be addressed. For projects that operate transparently and accept community input, this lack of communication feels especially strange. The letter outlines three specific problems the signers want GitHub to fix. First, issues often lack important details like how to reproduce a bug or which version was tested, and they want GitHub to support custom fields and issue templates to ensure people provide this information upfront. Second, issues get flooded with low-value "+1" comments that don't add anything but clutter the conversation, they'd like a proper voting system instead so maintainers can see interest without the spam. Third, new contributors often ignore contribution guidelines because they're hard to find and buried alongside irrelevant information, so maintainers want the ability to display a simple, customizable file front-and-center on the issue creation page. The letter's tone is respectful but pointed: these requests aren't new, and the signers have been waiting years for progress. They note the irony that if GitHub itself were open source, they'd implement these features themselves, that's what they're good at. The letter is signed by dozens of major project maintainers and invites others to add their names, making a collective case that GitHub's tools need to evolve alongside the community it hosts.