[plorkyeran]

© 2006-2013 for something still not released certainly isn't promising. Glancing at the git logs (http://git.suckless.org/?s=idle) there is some ongoing work, so the project isn't totally dead at least.

[herokusaki]

Can you compile the world with static linking on Gentoo Linux or any of the BSDs? If so, that could serve as a substitute.