Is it time for an official fork?

This project has been very successful. It has garnered a lot of interest and helped me and many others. However, it is falling behind. Dependency versions are old and pull requests are stacking up. I don't bother to create pull requests because it is unlikely they will get merged.

This project was the boilerplate for an application of mine in production. It is not a big deal for me if this project dies. I'll update my application and move on. But we still get a lot new interest. Without too much work we could keep things current.

@erikras do you anticipate further work on this? If not, there are at least several people with write access but they haven't been very active recently. Should a few more be added? I'd be happy to help.

If we don't get any response, is there any interest in an official fork with at least several active committers?

Edit: Thanks @erikras I appreciate your work!