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Please Don't Ask If an Open Source Project Is Dead (minimaxir.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I disagree. Even unfinished or abandoned projects can be helpful to others.

Just mark it as "WIP", "unfinished" or "abandoned" (depending on whether you consoder coming back to it), but let the code still be available.

If someone (like you) searches for actively maintained, fully-featured projects, they can dismiss your project the moment they see that term.