Codeigniter popularity : why ?

Actually, it was just EllisLab officially announcing that they, as a company, can no longer maintain and contribute to the project. In practice, they had stopped doing that long before the announcement, adding just a few (but critical) patches during the past few years. In addition to providing the infrastructure of course.

Bottom line is, CI no longer contributed to their business and it's a good thing that they decided to let somebody else have it, while most companies would probably just leave it to chance. Too bad the announcement caused so much panic.

Who support now CI?