I'm not a fan of stalebot at all. Just leave the issues open, so it's easier for a user of the project to browse the open issues and determine if they need to

I'm not a fan of stalebot at all. Just leave the issues open, so it's easier for a user of the project to browse the open issues and determine if they need to file a new bug, or maybe there's some info about a fix, etc. Having to browse closed issues adds a lot of overhead. If you release something and aren't planning on maintaining it or accepting contributions, and it's a somewhat popular project, at least update the README to inform others and encourage them to file an issue with a link to their active forks. Someone else might be enthusiastically maintaining it elsewhere.