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I keep feeling like I should be documenting the Plural Appocalypse of 2026, just so it's all in one place for posterity, but every time I think about doing it, I feel like shriveling up and dying. Bleh. Hope all those Reddit threads and announcement posts aren't going anywhere.

tl;dr: Simply Plural announced its shutdown like a week ago, Ampersand announced a hiatus not long after, Octocon announced a shutdown this morning, all for the same reasons (because being a solo dev for a project used by a community as volatile as the plural community is hell). With that we've seen a tremendous number of people announcing that they're going to be making replacement apps, as well as some already-made replacements, but uh, we'll see how long they last. In the meantime, this is a great time to share advice about front-tracking, records-keeping, and front disclosure using analog methods, generic note apps, or anything else that doesn't rely upon highly specialized apps.