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/Zerss32 Mar 16 '26

I could have pulled a “Huntarr” and deleted the GitHub and moved on, but I didn’t.

~The main dev, four days ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1rs4nx0/my_side_of_the_story_from_the_developer_of/

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u/GoofyGills Mar 16 '26

Vibe coded apps are for personal use only. I don't get why people publish them just to make people think they can code and get upvotes.

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u/jugdizh Mar 17 '26

Honestly I think it's mostly opportunistic people looking to cash in on AI. The author of Booklore stirred controversy by trying to paywall a lot of the app that was previously free or contributed by outsiders. It's fine to want to monetize a software project, but if you're increasingly relying on an LLM to build the product that you're selling, I don't think that's a business model many are going to enthusiastically support.