There are plenty of repository clones, that's not the issue. The issue is that people want to contribute back to the same repository so you don't have to figure out which project is the just up to date. When a project like this goes away, it takes some time for everyone to figure out which fork is actually being maintained properly.

The best course of action, IMO, is to state that you're stepping away, perhaps indefinitely, and ask if anyone wants to be added as an admin to take over. That's not required, but it's a nice thing to do.

I'm sad about this on a lot of levels, any I hope the maintainer does what I'd like, but if not, I'll just wait a few months and see how the dust settles. For now, I'll probably go back to investigating other projects.