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There has been commits to pulseview 3 weeks ago and libsigrok 5 weeks ago, so it's still active. Now, its the kind of project that doesn't need frequent updates. What you could expect is new hardware support, and to a lesser extent new protocol decoders. However, the basic principle is that who needs it contributes it, and I wouldn't be surprised if people bought supported hardware instead. ;) Also, hardware generally comes with supporting software, so the need for sigrok/pulseview is less pressing in these cases.
One commit per month I guess is not technically dead, but it doesn't provide much hope. As for hardware coming with support software, often it's pricey, SaaS, or just limited in annoying ways that FOSS isn't. All of the hardware is several years old which is disappointing. I really want to like the project, but I'd be much more interested in a project with frequent-ish updates