Ask HN: What nice, old software is maintained by solo dev?

by blenderobon 4/17/2025, 2:48:06 PM with 7 comments
  • by btschaeggon 4/18/2025, 1:33:11 PM

    IrfanView, at least AFAIK: https://www.irfanview.com/

  • by boricjon 4/17/2025, 5:13:49 PM

    Worms Armageddon.

    Released back in 1999, it is currently maintained by one person from the community who was handed over the source code back in the 2000s.

  • by tomcamon 4/17/2025, 10:22:06 PM

    vuescan: seemingly universal scanner driver that has outlasted device support from some manufacturers by decades

  • by slark013on 4/17/2025, 3:16:39 PM

    xnview, imagemagick, fvwm, etc

  • by discordanceon 4/17/2025, 2:56:28 PM

    curl