Hello! I currently maintain a small/medium-small open source project. I know I have some active users. It's been fun, but I no longer feel like I can properly maintain it. I've been considering two options: archive the project or transfer the ownership to someone else.

Does anyone have any experience doing either of these things?

Transferring the project to someone else who would actively maintain the project seems like a good option. However, what would that process look like? How do I vet or trust random people on the internet? What if I transfer it to someone and then they add a bitcoin miner a year later?

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[–] theherk@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can really just stop. If you leave it to languish and the community wants to continue, it will be forked. Nature of the beast. And nobody can fault you for that as long as you tell the community, “I’m out”.

I’m not saying that is the best method, but for anybody out there feeling a ton of pressure to the point it affects your wellbeing, you can stop.

[–] Fecundpossum@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I very much agree. I think that this aligns with the spirit of FOSS. As the neofetch decays on the forest floor, the fastfetch rises in its place to fill its role in the ecosystem. This how our ecosystem stays fresh and moves forward.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

Thank you for reminding me of the name of the fork