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

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?

7 points | by blenderob 1 day ago

7 comments

  • btschaegg 18 hours ago
    IrfanView, at least AFAIK: https://www.irfanview.com/
  • boricj 1 day ago
    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.

  • tomcam 1 day ago
    vuescan: seemingly universal scanner driver that has outlasted device support from some manufacturers by decades
  • slark013 1 day ago
    xnview, imagemagick, fvwm, etc
  • discordance 1 day ago
    curl