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What happened to Captura? OSS maintainer burnout (2023)

What’s Captura? Captura was a screen capture (screenshot, recording) app for Windows which could capture screeen, webcam, audio and keystrokes. It is no longer maintained, but the source-code is still archived on GitHub with 8k+ stars and 1.5k+ forks. I acknowledge the existence of several outstanding bugs in the application, and despite knowing what needs to be addressed, I have decided against providing any further updates.

In 2015, while I was a high school student, I embarked on a “toy project” to develop a practical application utilizing the C# programming language that I was keenly interested in at that time. Subsequently, I discovered that certain individuals had stolen the application and were selling it on various platforms, including the Windows Store, under a different name without crediting me as the original developer. GOFF Concepts L.L.C.$25 USDGeorge van der Ven$10 USDGeoffroy Menard$15 CADIan Harpur1000 RUBChristian Brüggemann€5 EURGrisha Konzalaev300 RUB--£20 GBPMohamed BOULMERS€5 EURMartin Diewald€5 EURMarvin Wolff$20 USDRichard Walsh$20 USDPau Coma Ramirez€5 EURHotspot$5 USDOfir Shapira$5.55 USDПавел Спицин500 RUBJorge Grundman Isla$25 USDКривошеев Сергей Николаевич$10 USDDennis Bork$5 USDBartosz Styperek$25 USDDaniel Mojha€5 EUR阮​易强$5 USDDieter Schulze€15 EURJuan C Oliver Lagardera€5 EURStephanie Conard$5 USDAlan Gosh$5 USDDavid ROUMANET€5 EUROleg Bezorudko-Chyrykalov$15 USDIbrahim Jadoon$5 USDOlivier Gourguechon€10 EURAldo Reynaldo Pérez Díaz$1.20 USDאנדריי בוסנקו$5 USDThomas Fritsche€5 EURШумаков Виталий Викторович$5 USDStefanie Helfer€10 EURE TEK PRODUCTS$10 USDJULIO NOBRE€15 EURLouis Fitzgerald$25 CADPeer Dominik Oetjen$30 USDRémi FOURDAIN€20 EURWang Zhi$6.66 HKDWenlong Feng$25 USDThomas Liebezeit€15 EURStefan Hunn$10 USDAdam Oliver£20 GBPMatthias Bölz€5 EURPaul Hartl$10 USDМайоров Антон Александрович$3 USDDaniel Seikel€5 EURmkscoring€20 EURNils De Rybel€5 EUR游凯$0.62 USDMichael Adams€20 EURJeffrey Knipe$5 USDКириллов Кирилл Юрьевич300 RUBJohn Uhlman$25 USDDamian Heldner$10 USDMax Peterson€10 EURZirmantas Duksa€10 EURMathias Rüschenschmidt€5 EURMartin Bosslet€5 EURMilos Cuntala€10 EURMarco Albizzati$5 USDJag Talon$25 USDPelican Punch$10 AUD

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