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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/Meher_Nolan on 2026-06-17 11:38:18+00:00.
There’s something depressing about finding a tool that solves your exact problem, only to realize the maintainer walked away years ago.
No farewell post, just a graveyard of open issues and a “last commit: 2019” timestamp. What’s the most useful open-source project you’ve used that just… died?
And looking back, why do you think it happened? Was it burnout, a lack of cash, or did the ecosystem just move on without it?