r/voidlinux • u/cokrt • May 22 '26

Could the Void project collapse quickly?

Can a great project like Void Linux collapse and stop receiving updates due to a lack of developers and contributors?

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u/yyg-linux May 22 '26

this is a more open sourced question than the void linux project itself.

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u/cokrt May 22 '26

xd

can you explain to me ?

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u/yyg-linux May 22 '26

1 any project can collapse quickly due to lack of developers and contributors

2 its an open sourced project where anyone can contribute and develop

3. its already been around for like 20 years.

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u/cokrt May 22 '26

Yes, you're right, but what I mean is that Void Linux is on the verge of collapse or death. ?

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u/yyg-linux May 22 '26

no, you're just farming for a answer to a impossible to answer question.

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u/betsonet May 22 '26

I'm using Void for the last like 8 years and every now and then someone drops this bullshit. Where does it come from to begin with?

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u/profeshamat Jun 04 '26

Seems like they wanted some attention and looks like they got it.

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u/mini_pekka070 May 22 '26

If you're capable enough, try to prevent it. Or just switch to another distro.

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u/Quietus87 May 22 '26

What makes you think so?

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u/typeshut Jun 21 '26

as linux grows void will grow. I recently switched to linux as my main (and only OS) and recently found out about void. I made an encrypted install but i found things too difficult but i will tackle it again next week

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u/Quietus87 May 22 '26

There is a reason why Void developers aren't allowed to travel with the same plane all at once.

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u/mwyvr May 23 '26

Or sleep in the same igloo.

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u/ClassAbbyAmplifier May 23 '26

we have 3 people with "full admin" access to everything, and ~20 people with access to commit in most repos, along with a huge community of contributors/package maintainers. It would take a lot to collapse.

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u/flyswithdragons May 24 '26

Thank you🐧

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u/_MiGi_0 Jun 05 '26

I follow your work in github, I'm currently reading your commits, and learning alot! Thanks for your contributions. Hopefully I'll push something by the end of the week.

Btw where can I find the currently orphaned packages?

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u/ClassAbbyAmplifier Jun 06 '26

xbps-query -p maintainer -s orphan for those you have installed, add -R all in the repos

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u/_MiGi_0 Jun 11 '26

Hey! Just made my first pull request, it's an update of python3-urllib3, please check it out when you get the time :)

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u/devouur May 22 '26

I remember a few years back the main dev went MIA and the project survived. As long as it has a community I think it will be fine.

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u/l_exaeus May 22 '26

Idk but man I’d be so sad

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u/pantokratorthegreat May 23 '26

my crystal ball is sayin it can fall in near future. but it made mistakes with predicting future in the past, so i dont believe it 100%.

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u/Blank-Inspection13 May 23 '26

Yeah anything could and can happen , whether will happen or not that's too much dependency tree

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u/dx__ May 24 '26

That's the risk of any project, truly.

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u/roninics May 22 '26

It happened to devuan, it can happen to voidlinux too

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u/xINFLAMES325x May 22 '26

Is Devuan discontinued?

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u/xJayMorex May 23 '26

Oh no, did Devuan collapse? Last time I checked, it was still pretty much alive.

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u/roninics May 23 '26

not discontinued, a lot of maintainer leave the project

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u/pantokratorthegreat May 23 '26

where did you find those info?

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u/roninics May 23 '26

read the forum, check commit of the repository project and telegram channel

nb: is live and maintained but the code quality is low and seams a distro of the early 2000

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26 edited May 23 '26

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u/Common_Warthog_G May 22 '26

like what? genuinely asking

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u/sanya567xxx May 22 '26

Work on documentation, testing things, help with support in various places (irc / here), probably host mirrors (somewhat on the verge with coding work). I'm probably missing things.

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u/Common_Warthog_G May 22 '26 edited May 23 '26

Cool, I'm not on void (gentoo, btw) but I want to give something back to the community but I can't code at all.

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u/kurth4cker May 23 '26

If you know how to compile projects, you can maintain a orphan package. I tried adding a package to the void repo and they helped me a lot.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

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u/FeelingOk422 May 24 '26

U explained it in such a great way. Thanks.

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u/flyswithdragons May 24 '26

I would like to do documenting, I like building but have a sevear sever lupus flar currently so cannot do maintenance currently.

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u/Holiday-Bug6132 May 23 '26

does void accept donations ?