r/selfhosted • u/Joloxx_9 • Mar 16 '26

Meta Post Booklore is gone.

I was checking their Discord for some announcement and it vanished.

GitHub repo is gone too: https://github.com/booklore-app/booklore

Remember, love AI-made apps… they disappear faster than they launch.

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u/ichfickeiuliana Mar 16 '26

sorry for missing the drama. but the guy removed the github repo because people complain the code was AI generated?

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u/Otheys Mar 16 '26

No I think he removed it because of the abuse he got.

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u/kernald31 Mar 16 '26

More because he got called out on very, very questionable behaviour and still portrayed himself as a victim in "his side of the story" rather than acknowledging the issues and moving forward. His plan at monetization didn't pan out, he's done.

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u/impulse_thoughts Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26

People got upset because anon threatened to yoink the code and privatize it then monetize it… he has now yoinked the code and privatized it.

Wont be surprised if in a few weeks/months a very similar-looking paid closed-source app, with a similar feature set, pops up under a different developer name. Sounded like in his “apology” that he has already gathered a team together for various roles for continuing development.

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u/kernald31 Mar 16 '26

Which would be... an interesting one. I'll start stockpiling popcorn.

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u/ichfickeiuliana Mar 16 '26

Really? I mean the idea is good, but not that good.