[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57600: Twemoji: Explore alternatives

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#57600: Twemoji: Explore alternatives
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 Reporter:  kraftbj         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Emoji           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by desrosj):

 It looks like the previous maintainers (though no longer employed by
 Twitter) have [https://github.com/jdecked/twemoji created a fork with the
 full intention of supporting it going forwards].

 From an issue asking for clarification on the purpose of the new repo:

 > " The original Twemoji was maintained by 2 Twitter employees,
 @sofodesign and me. With Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, we both no
 longer work there, nor do we have commit permissions to the original repo
 anymore. There's no indication at all from Twitter's side whether they
 intend to keep maintaining the original Twemoji; given Sofo and I did it
 in essentially our free time, we imagine it's highly unlikely and probably
 pretty low on the priority list of anyone there right now. We (and other
 past Twitter employees who worked on Twemoji and left well before the Musk
 acquisition) don't want Twemoji to go to the big Internet graveyard in the
 sky, so we've forked the original Twemoji here and plan to continue
 working on it (releasing new Unicode-approved emoji, maintenance, etc)
 despite no longer being employed by Twitter. I hope that clarifies things;
 if not, feel free to reply with any further questions."

 There's also an [https://github.com/jdecked/twemoji/issues/8 issue
 dedicated to adding support for Unicode 15]. The issue does say the hope
 is to have something in March (which has already passed), but it's made
 clear that the maintainers require some support in order to dedicate more
 time to maintaining the project.

 I think this is likely our best option going forward.

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