An implicit assumption in software seems to be that for it to stay relevant, it must be perpetually evolving. But there is something to be said for deciding a piece of software has reached it's intended potential and simply maintaining it.

Granted, it sounds like the author feels like there are more meaningful things to add or change, but that doesn't mean the software is any less relevant than it was 3 years back.

Looks like they’ve released Dark Mode support and Apple Silicon support since that blog post. So maintenance does actually mean maintenance.

In reality it is still maintained though I think. They released an update to bring native Apple Silicon support for example: https://blog.helftone.com/monodraw-v1.5-apple-silicon-macos-...