So... is this dead? Anyone recommends a replacement?

[naerymdan]

I've setup this locally and love the idea of a personal steam to manage my old offline game installers, but the project seems to have stalled with current bugs/limits.

Is anyone aware of similar projects that at least archive old games on the server-side and allow some form of client-side "browse and install on demand" which Drop offers?

[DecDuck]

Yeah, I kinda hate to admit this, but I just don't have the free time to dedicate to this project as I used to, so it's kind of dead. It's the classic I-started-a-job OSS killer.

Some options for people looking to migrate off Drop:

• Fork it! It's OSS for a reason. I picked a stack that's very easy to learn, and if you really want to, it's well-known by LLMs so you can continue to vibe-support it.
• LANCommander is kind of my recommendation, despite not having used it, It's OSS and has some awesome features that I'd love for Drop to have.
• GameVault seems to be the most established option, but it's not OSS and has a paid tier. It's lack of support for Linux and, in my opinion, a weird looking UI led me to create Drop.
• RomM looks like the best for emulators, if you're into that.

Sorry to disappoint with the project, but I am always available to answer technical and support questions if you decide to fork it - I'd love for someone to pick it up and continue maintaining it.

Edit: I'm also happy to hand off maintainer permissions to someone in the community that I can trust, and would like to take over the project.

[Roboman124]

Sorry to bother by Maintainer you mean someone with coding experience I assume or someone who cares about the app? Because when i first read your docs, it said no vibe-coding which rules me out lol but also if you don't have time, it's no pressure you were doing this for free! And if you do ever monetize it I'm here for it.

[Roboman124]

I would gladly help maintain but again I understand if you want someone more trustworthy or has more experience :)

[depado]

Hi! Thanks for the transparency, it's important to know where we're at. As of right now, there are no real alternative to what drop offers so this is quite sad news to me. Drop truly shipped everything I was looking for, especially regarding Linux support. I've tried looking for alternatives but most of them just don't offer proper linux support (or treat it as second class citizen).
I think the project is great and has a lot to offer.
If you do ever intend to monetize this in any way, I'm also on board as long as the open-source philosophy still applies (because that's a big selling point for me).
Anyway, if that doesn't happen, I want to thank you for the great work you've done, I'll keep using drop as long as I can 👍 🫶

[NicholasFlamy]

The only reason I can't help is because I don't know rust. I'd really like to continue this project though, because with just a few bug fixes and a feature or two it's perfect for my use case.