How to get traction on an open source JavaScript project? It depends on what you mean by "traction". I have been running an open-source JavaScript project in artificial intelligence at http://www.nlg-wiki.org/systems/Mind and other venues for a number of years. The JavaScript AI project is mainly in support of my other AI projects at http://ai.neocities.org/AiSteps.html and at http://github.com/PriorArt/AGI/wiki/MindGrid and http://mind.sourceforge.net/js.html and a host of other sites. Upshot? The JSAI project does not get "traction" for itself; it exists to engender "traction" for the Mentifex Strong AI project in Forth and in Perl. Netizens who might not want to download Forth and the Mind.Forth AI will be perfectly willing to point MSIE at http://ai.neocities.org/AiMind.html and try out the JavaScript AI in English or the http://ai.neocities.org/Dushka.html AI in Russian. So, good luck in your search for "traction". Be glad that Netizens do not actively hound you and denigrate you like they do Mentifex.