# Processing + Python community visibility

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-python-community-visibility/38981>\
**Category:** Processing.py\
**Created:** [September 26, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-python-community-visibility/38981 "2022-09-26T16:43:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-python-community-visibility/38981/3 "2022-10-01T20:11:23Z")

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Thanks for the link @josephh !

Indeed Processing.py is maybe the ugly duckling or the little black sheep of the Processing Foundation 😆

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/9/7/97fb5c6445cd6f5511640c236131531a34dc62c7.png)

And it needs a new maintainer!

> [@Python Mode needs a new project owner](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-mode-needs-a-new-project-owner/36399):
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> Hello from Jonathan Feinberg, the creator of Python Mode for Processing. Python Mode needs a new owner, someone with the time, energy, and expertise to take the mode into full [Processing 4 compatibility](https://github.com/jdf/processing.py/tree/processing4) and beyond. To understand and modify Python Mode requires expertise in both Java and Python. The good news for any potential hacker is that there’s a fairly thorough test suite for the core functionality. (One possible semester-long project would be to design an end-to-end test framework that w…

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