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octalmage / active-window

Get active window title in Node.js.
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It's probably better to use sindresorhus/active-win #25

Open tiangolo opened 7 years ago

tiangolo commented 7 years ago

As this project seems abandoned, this is just a heads up for new users.

There are several old Pull Requests here that haven't even been reviewed (a couple of them are mine).

https://github.com/sindresorhus/active-win might be a quite better bet now.

It supports macOS, Linux and Windows. And it has several advantages (apart from being currently maintained). For example, it supports being used with Electron (this project would generate issues in several cases).

Disclaimer: I fixed the Linux implementation and added support for Windows.

robsonvn commented 6 years ago

Despite the fact I'm a maintainer of this library, I'm not working with this anymore. Maybe is a good time to @octalmage transfer the project to an engaged person who wants to continue this project.

I'm calling all devs who have sent a PR to this project to discuss this situation. @tiangolo @bushev @tarvainen @tallpants @EnKrypt @shingotakagi @matthewjumpsoffbuildings @tiangolo @Hughp135 @Bradshaw

tiangolo commented 6 years ago

Thanks @robsonvn for the initiative.

I'm not willing to maintain the project as active-win is a better fit for my purposes. I don't know of any advantage of this project compared to that one as of now (at some point active-win only worked for Mac, but it now supports Windows and Linux too).

Actually, as a disclaimer, I'm one of the "maintainers" there (although I haven't done much lately).

I would suggest adding a "similar projects" section at the end of the README and adding a link to active-win and any other similar project you see fit.

Also, if there is no new maintainer, as a new user coming to the project, I would like to see a notice at the top explaining that the project is not maintained.

Bradshaw commented 6 years ago

Hi, I literally just sent a couple PRs that fixed some issues I was having with the project, and I wouldn't mind taking on more responsibilities with regards to a small module like active-window and active-win

I'm not particularly experienced in maintaining and participating in FOSS projects, but it's something I've been thinking about getting into

I agree with @tiangolo, adding "similar projects" seems useful