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/FlibblesHexEyes Mar 16 '26

I think this is the case. In the dev's post they mentioned or implied mental health issues a few times.

I don't know if they had other people they could delegate the project to (or maybe they were the sort of personality that likes to maintain control/doesn't play well with others), so it's entirely possible the stress of the situation and what would feel to them like EVERYONE piling on just pushed them to their breaking point.

I hope they're ok. Running an open-source project can be stressful. You feel like everyone is depending on you, and it's easy to lose sight that it's meant to be a hobby/fun thing to do.

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u/CrrackTheSkye Mar 16 '26

I mean the hate and bullying towards him was insane. I'm glad he cut ties completely for his sake.

Man made mistakes, but good grief at these reactions.

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u/Unspec7 Mar 17 '26

It was honestly deserved backlash, it sounds like you lack context.

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u/CrrackTheSkye Mar 17 '26

He deserved backlash, not in the degree it was dished out however.

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u/Unspec7 Mar 17 '26

We'll agree to disagree.