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 that 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 conflict about AI code, licensing, and general Discord nastiness.
RIP
@ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk sorry for your migration :(
What was all the drama about?
@eugenio @minoche Oh no!
I *think* the drama was about the fact he was leaning quite heavily on AI coding tools (which is part of why there was such a high release cadence).
It’s unfortunate really, because it’s led to a project with promise being abandoned. Hopefully the fork will do well.
I *think* this might push me to calibre-web though - there are a few things with Booklore that were niggling (and I was worried about the rate that new bugs seemed to be creeping in)
That is only part of it. He also wanted to release a paid for client and was making it more difficult for the Foss clients to connect. He also wanted to change the license which would be hard considering others have contributed.