Question about the maintenance status note in the readme

[NemesisHubris]

Hey @alexhb1
Saw the note in #1000 3 weeks ago about the project being in a stable state but not actively maintained. I was wondering what that looks like going forward. Are bug fixes still on the table, or is it more of a full wind-down? Is there an active fork or an active alternative?

I have an open PR and wanted to check if it's still worth pursuing or if I should just maintain it as a local patch.

Thank you!

[InfiniteAvenger]

I am not the original dev and I have no idea what he plans on doing with this project in the future, but I created a fork https://github.com/InfiniteAvenger/shelfmark to add a few features and change a few things that I wasn't satisfied with. One of my main additions was in integration with Hardcover to work in tandem with https://github.com/rohit-purandare/ShelfBridge which syncs your Audiobookshelf progress with Hardcover. My addition automatically adds things you add to your "Want to read" in Hardcover and it will automatically download it in Shelfmark, with support for multiple users, in an attempt to make something relatively streamlined such as Plex with the ARR stack.

[NemesisHubris]

Thanks! I have been working on my own fork to add some stuff that I felt was also missing. It is mostly focused on adding in custom legal sources (like Project Gutenberg/Librivox/Overdrive) via plugins and and implementing the pr/issues/feature requests from this project.
As I understand it, you are trying to turn it into an arr stack that will automatically be download it in Shelfmark.
I wanted to keep the unified search engine feel. My fork if you're curious: https://github.com/NemesisHubris/litfinder

I did actually find a true arr stack if you want to check that out (https://github.com/Pedro-Revez-Silva/shelfarr)

[ace-archer]

Thanks! I have been working on my own fork to add some stuff that I felt was also missing. It is mostly focused on adding in custom legal sources (like Project Gutenberg/Librivox/Overdrive) via plugins and and implementing the pr/issues/feature requests from this project. As I understand it, you are trying to turn it into an arr stack that will automatically be download it in Shelfmark. I wanted to keep the unified search engine feel. My fork if you're curious: https://github.com/NemesisHubris/litfinder

I did actually find a true arr stack if you want to check that out (https://github.com/Pedro-Revez-Silva/shelfarr)

Hey! I appreciate the work you've done with your fork! I noticed that the repo you linked above is unavailable now, though. Did something happen and/or are you planning on putting the fork back up?

[NemesisHubris]

I started by trying to implement legal alternatives to piracy in the form of custom sources plugins since I think it is a great ui and it is more of a search engine than an arr stack, but I quickly started to get issues from people having problems downloading from aa and other places.

I should have known that I would have to troubleshoot issues with piracy sources, but my original intention was to make a legal alternative for myself.

I do not think piracy is morally ok, which I am sure is an L take in the self hosted community, but I at least do not want to facilitate it on mass.

I have a local self hosted back up that I am continuing to improve the legal sources, but I do not plan to make it public.

[calibrain]

Hi ! I am the original Dev, and for a while, @alexhb1 was the maintainer, and did a phenomenal job, but then had to step down.
I am very busy right now with work and life, and I don't have as much free time to put on this project as I used to.
I won't archive it, as I plan on still monitoring security alerts and merging PR's if anyone wants wants to help.

[CamGoed]

@calibrain Would you mind if I opened some PRs for bug fixes/stability? I have a local update that fixes a bug for audiobooks sent to qBittorrent. I found a couple of other bugs I could fix as well.

[calibrain]

Thank you so much for the fix !
I still go through all bugs and security fixes, but I don't work on new features for now
But if someone wants to implement a new feature, I will gladly review it !
It might take some time before I review / merge, but I still go through every PR !