I think the project will get more interest and attention from more experienced (and busy) Tor developers once the "broken, does not turn on" type problems are fixed; at that point a more formal design/review iteration on specific device configurations and functionality can take place.
Hi ficus. I spoke with Runa on irc and it sounds like this project is pretty much mothballed at the moment. You're certainly welcome to hack on it, but be aware that it doesn't really have a maintainer at the moment.
As is tradition for open source projects, you're certainly welcome to fork it. Also, we have several other things listed on the projects page that are being far more actively developed (if you'd like to work with one of us)... https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/volunteer.html.en#Projects
Shameless plug: I'm certainly more than happy to have help if python related stuff strikes your fancy. ;)
-Damian