Python-RSA project has been archived

I’m one of the original authors and the maintainer of Python-RSA. Unfortunately I don’t have the time and brain space left to properly maintain Python-RSA. As you can see from the lack of activity on the open issues, and the lack of commits, that has been the case for a while now.

As Python-RSA is included as a dependency in quite a few high-profile projects, I don’t feel comfortable handing over the project to someone else. It’s just too big of a risk.

Thanks for having used this little library for so long, and in so many projects. I truely didn’t expect that when I started working on it. Also big thanks to all the people helping out and improving the project.

There are improvements that haven’t made it into a new release. As I said, I don’t have the time and the brain space to really investigate and oversee the security impact of all those changes. It’s not a decision I’ve made lightly.

So that’s it. If you want to keep the project alive, please fork it. Give it the love it deserves, investigate those yet-unreleased improvements, and have a project that’s then already better than how I left this one.