Why do people archive their projects on GitHub instead of leaving it open?
Just wanted to know if there's any reason beside the obvious
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It signifies that the project is no longer being maintained.
> You can archive a repository to make it read-only for all users and indicate that it's no longer actively maintained. You can also unarchive repositories that have been archived.
https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/archiving-a-github-r...
> You can archive a repository to make it read-only for all users and indicate that it's no longer actively maintained. You can also unarchive repositories that have been archived.
https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/archiving-a-github-r...
Some repos are deliberately 'frozen in time' for posterity purposes