According to the official Discord, “ACX has made the decision to close Booklore and step away.” Some contributors are working together on an unnamed replacement project.

For those not in the loop, Booklore was an app for selfhosting book libraries. It had a nice UI. It was able to store metadata separately from the download files, so you could have an organized library without duplication. In recent weeks, there have been conflicts about AI code, licensing, and general Discord nastiness.

RIP

Edit: The discord, website and github are all gone.

  • irmadlad
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    38 hours ago

    I still say even if the guy is an asshole, we still lost someone who was contributing.

    I use tt-rss. Tho I’ve never interacted with the dev personally, from what I can tell, he is kind of a hard headed, asshole. Still a great piece of software tho. Him being an alleged asshole doesn’t deter me.

    • @roofuskit@lemmy.world
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      24 hours ago

      It would if he was dumping huge portions of AI generated code into it the repository faster than people could reasonably review it.