Sunsetting Maestral
As of June 2026, Maestral is no longer actively maintained. The current version will continue to work until certificates expire.
Via John Gruber (Mastodon):
I donβt know when these certificates are expiring. And I donβt know what Iβm going to do when they do. I might try moving everything from my Dropbox account to iCloud Drive. That certainly seems worth trying before I resort to going back to Dropboxβs own monstrosity of a Mac client.
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In theory, because Maestral is open source, someone could fork it and keep it going.
I use Dropbox only for some relatively basic but necessary things, like hosting PDFs for this very website, which is why Maestral has been the perfect client for me. It is a testament to the effect of a good third-party app that I have stuck with Dropbox despite its corporate-focused strategy pivot.
Iβve switched to iCloud Drive, which seems better, but not better than Old Dropbox.
Previously: