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Please note that dupeGuru is currently
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The Cocoa UI of dupeGuru is hosted in a separate repo: https://github.com/hsoft/dupeguru-cocoa
## Current status: People wanted
## Current status: Unmaintained
dupeGuru has currently only one maintainer, me. This is a dangerous situation that needs to be
corrected.
I haven't worked on dupeGuru for a while and frankly, I don't want to. I never had any duplicate
problems so I don't even care about the *raison d'être* of this thing.
The goal is to eventually have another active maintainer, but before we can get there, the project
needs more contributors. It is very much lacking on that side right now.
I don't want to answer incoming issues and I don't want to let them pile off unanswered either,
that feels rude. So here I am, being straightforward about it.
Whatever your skills, if you are remotely interestested in being a contributor, I'm interested in
mentoring you. If that's the case, please refer to [the open ticket on the subject][contrib-issue]
and let's get started.
If you're considering using dupeGuru, you might want to give it a try but if it doesn't meet your
needs I suggest that you use another program because it's unlikely to ever be improved again.
### Slowed development
If you're a developer wanting to pick it up, by all means, do so! Fork it off and release
something. I will be more than happy to "officially" point to any fork that remotely looks like a
serious effort. I will also be happy to assist if you have questions about the code.
Until I manage to find contributors, I'm slowing the development pace of dupeGuru. I'm not much
interested in maintaining it alone, I personally have no use for this app (it's been a *loooong*,
time since I had dupe problems :) )
I don't want to let it die, however, so I will still do normal maintainership, that is, issue
triaging, code review, critical bugfixes, releases management.
But anything non-critical, I'm not going to implement it myself because I see every issue as a
contribution opportunity.
### Windows maintainer wanted
As [described on my website][nowindows], dupeGuru v4.0 dropped Windows support
because there isn't anyone to bear the burden of Windows maintenance. If
you're a Windows developer and are interested in taking this task, [don't
hesitate to let me know][contrib-issue].
### OS X maintainer wanted
My Mac Mini is already a couple of years old and is likely to be my last Apple purchase. When it
dies, I will be unable maintain the OS X version of moneyGuru. I've already stopped paying for the
Mac Developer membership so I can't sign the apps anymore (in the "official way" I mean. The
download is still PGP signed) If you're a Mac developer and are interested in taking this task,
[don't hesitate to let me know][contrib-issue].
Good bye dupeGuru,
Virgil Dupras
## Contents of this folder
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[dupeguru]: https://www.hardcoded.net/dupeguru/
[cross-toolkit]: http://www.hardcoded.net/articles/cross-toolkit-software
[contrib-issue]: https://github.com/hsoft/dupeguru/issues/300
[nowindows]: https://www.hardcoded.net/archive2015#2015-11-01
[documentation]: http://www.hardcoded.net/dupeguru/help/en/
[python]: http://www.python.org/
[pyqt]: http://www.riverbankcomputing.com