[agent86]

And, as of 3 weeks ago, the one man is "stepping back from all public-facing interaction with this project".[1]

Further, "Occasional updates may appear at unpredictable intervals, but there will be no support, no responses to issues, no discussions, and no community management in this or any other public venue."

Nothing salacious here - just another one man open source project with a burnt out maintainer :(.

[1] - https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum/discussions/1069

[sunshine-o]

The reticulum dev have been trying to quit for years and have been quite open about his own personal struggles.

More recently:

- v1.0.0 was supposed to be the time his involvement is over [0]

- 6 months later [1]

> This is not a temporary break. It's not "see you after some rest", but a recognition that the current model is fundamentally incompatible with my life, my health, and my reality.

- But he pushed 3 releases since his last message [2]

It is like he is trying to quit somking.

I am not sure what the problem is exactly but it seems someone need to take over and honor the fantastic work he has done over the years.

- [0] https://unsigned.io/articles/2025_05_09_The_End_Is_Nigh_For_...

- [1] https://unsigned.io/articles/2025_12_28_Carrier_Switch.html

- [2] https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum/releases

[jalict]

Just found this post; and I see Liam Cottle _just_ did a talk at FOSDEM26 about the situation and the future:

https://fosdem.org/2026/events/attachments/9NCWUR-reticulum_...

[latchkey]

To be fair, satoshi stepped back too.

[mbrochh]

Yea, because he was dying.

[405nm]

it’s a bummer, but according to folks in the matrix chat, he’s still developing and in touch with some of the community devs.