> I am one of those people that reinvents the wheels because external ones don't fit my use cases

That’s OK, but I’ve yet to see someone articulating what exactly doesn’t work in the old product. It’s always “Let’s rewrite or reinvent 90% of it, then add a minuscule variation”. The variation may be interesting, but the reinvent is what’s make it untouchable as no one (including the author) has time to ensure things are right.

A patch or a plugin is ok, but not a whole new project with dubious claims.

Why do you care, it's not like anybody's shoving it down your computer.