I'm not saying every project needs to match the name on the tin, but all the zines I've read have wacky page layouts, quirky pictures and articles, and a lot of personality.
This project seems to take content and turn it into really bland flat design with social media style scrolling of thumbnails. Every page has elements perfectly aligned. And, at least in the one example they shared, even the colors are really boring.
If you want a relevant example, 2600 magazine does a good job of giving each page a unique feel and keeping that hacker spirit alive from it and it's articles.
I did too, but I kind of figure it had more to do with playing with pen plotters. Would be cool to generate an old school 70s/80s/90s zine from a tool.
E.g the exapunks "Trash world news" zine: https://imgur.com/a/TZEZx7N (or https://exazines.mattmerr.com/zine01.html)
Here is the source code: https://github.com/robrohan/PagePacker
Looks like this project just needs to add add a print feature and it’d be on target.