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

#1

Post by blenderob » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 2:48 PM UTC

This ASK HN is inspired by https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43716006

> yes, and this is a 30 year old software maintained by a solo dev. It's an incredible piece of internet history.

> WinRAR is also about to turn 30 in a few days.

What more such stuff do you know?

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

#2

Post by discordance » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 2:56 PM UTC

curl

#3

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 3:03 PM UTC

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#4

Post by slark013 » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 3:16 PM UTC

xnview, imagemagick, fvwm, etc

#5

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 3:25 PM UTC

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#6

Post by boricj » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 5:13 PM UTC

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.

#7

Post by tomcam » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 10:22 PM UTC

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

#8

Post by btschaegg » Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 1:33 PM UTC

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