Barely a month after its introduction, the user-friendly virus scanner Kapitano has been discontinued by its developer, who announced that the project will no longer be maintained. Initially praised for its simple GTK4/libadwaita interface that serves as a frontend for the ClamAV scanning engine, the decision to abandon the project follows negative feedback and personal attacks directed at the developer.
In a recent update on the project’s Codeberg page, developer ‘zynequ’ shared that they had experienced harsh accusations, including being called a distributor of malware. Despite clarifying that the app itself was not responsible for these issues, the interaction escalated and contributed to a loss of motivation. The developer emphasized that Kapitano was a hobby project developed during their free time without any financial backing, making such incidents particularly disheartening.
Although Linux systems are generally less susceptible to malware compared to Windows, users who dual-boot often require a reliable scanning tool for files before opening them in Windows. The termination of Kapitano comes shortly after the discontinuation of another user-friendly tool, ClamTK, leaving a notable gap in the market.
As a public domain project released under The Unlicense, the source code of Kapitano remains available for others to fork and potentially continue development. However, the application is set to be delisted from Flathub and will no longer receive updates, even though existing installations will still function.
While the developer has stepped away, there remains the possibility that a new team could take over the project, breathing new life into Kapitano.
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