Is clonepi still being maintained / supported?

[CaptainMidnight]

Hi just a simple question, is clonepi still being maintained and rpi-clone base of the code, is that inline with the latest available version of rpi-clone?

Much prefer being able to create an image file, but just wondering about the support availability and date of the code.

[SpoddyCoder]

Hi - thanks for the interest - unfortunately I don't have time to actively maintain as much as I would like. The project is not dead yet - currently still works OK, albeit with an open issue on resizing down when using Buster.

While clonepi is based on the same approach taken in rp[i-clone - it is not a fork - so there has never been a plan to keep feature equivalent with rpi-clone.

I am always happy to make time to review PR's, if anyone wants to help maintain the project - would be glad to have contributors :)

[CaptainMidnight]

Thanks for the heads up on support.

clonepi makes smaller compressed images than a forked version of rpi-clone which I found - but that version doesn't compress the images. clonepi works well enough for my needs, I may take some time to look through and understand the code - my ultimate goal is a combined rpi-clone / clonepi setup where both copy and image are produced by the one program.

Thanks again for creating clonepi !