[zimbatm]

That's only true for high-profile projects.

Projects like YouTube-dl are usually born out of passion, and the best kind of projects.

[dmix]

Yep, plenty of tools in the infosec world on github and elsewhere are published by anonymous developers.

Plus when you use an anonymous name and get a popular project out of it, you still get recognition. Even if it's not publicly in your name. You'll still feel good about contributing to the world.