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No, you're certainly not the only one. Personally, unless I absolutely need some package or utility, I avoid SourceForge like the plague. In the recent past I e

No, you're certainly not the only one. Personally, unless I absolutely need some package or utility, I avoid SourceForge like the plague. In the recent past I even blocked their domain on my network so I did't download things from them on accident. I still don't trust them despite their new ownership because all I have to go by is words. It takes more time and effort than that to win back lost trust. Furthermore, I feel like any project still hosted at SourceForge probably isn't worth looking at. For one, I certainly don't want to interact with SourceForge in order to use or contribute because that would be annoying since the UI/UX for that site is utter crap. Also, the fact that the devs (who host projects at SF) didn't move to newer and better ways speaks volumes to me and I want nothing to do with them.

nitrogen 10y ago
NSIS has ages of history. It was written while many HNers were still in elementary school. Projects with that much built-up documentation and massive amounts of deep links don't just move on a whim.
- kichik 10y ago
  Yes. This. We have so much invested in SourceForge including scripts, a whole Wiki and tons of history. Ideally we'd move to GitHub one day, but it'll be a sizable project. There is already a mirror of the code on https://github.com/kichik/nsis https://github.com/kichik/nsis and hopefully more will come in the future. As for SourceForge injecting adware, they only do that to dead projects or projects that volunteer. NSIS is neither. Many people approached me asking to bundle their stuff, even outside of the recent SourceForge efforts, and they were always swiftly rejected.