Goodbye File Browser, for Real This Time

Yesterday, I published the last planned release of File Browser. It includes a few security fixes and a notice about the wind-down of the project. Alongside it, I announced that this was the last planned release and updated the repository so that it’s ready to be archived on September 1st. For many people this came as a surprise. For those who’ve been following the project from close by, probably not. Either way, I wanted to write a bit about the decision and how we got to this point. Screenshot of File Browser How We Got Here This isn’t the first time I’ve said goodbye. In 2020, I wrote Goodbye File Browser and handed the project over to someone in the community. Maintainers came and went. At the end of last year, I noticed the project hadn’t been maintained for a year or so, and I took the reins again. It felt better to do and say something than to keep issues and PRs unanswered. In March, I wrote Update on File Browser: how the project came to be, why it is the way it is, and why I…