Discontinue the project finder with a Hacktoberfest 2026 notice page

.env.example

@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
-# Database
-DATABASE_URL="" # PostgreSQL connection string
-# For Docker Compose: postgresql://hacktoberfest:hacktoberfest123@localhost:5432/hacktoberfest
-# For cloud providers: copy the connection string from your provider
-
-# Authentication
-AUTH_SECRET="" # A random string
-AUTH_URL="" # Should be http://localhost:3000 for local development
-AUTH_GITHUB_ID=""
-AUTH_GITHUB_SECRET=""
-AUTH_DRIZZLE_URL="$DATABASE_URL" # Should be the same as DATABASE_URL
-
-# Optional
-NEXT_PUBLIC_CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME="" # Optional
-NEXT_PUBLIC_ANALYTICS_WEBSITE_ID="" # Optional
+# No environment variables are needed: the site is now a static
+# discontinuation notice. The old variables (database, GitHub OAuth,
+# analytics) are documented in archive/src/env.mjs.

.prettierignore

@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 .github
 node_modules
 .all-contributorsrc
-.xatarc
+.xatarc
+archive

README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Hacktoberfest Projects 🎉
 
 
-A Web app that lets you find eligible repositories for Hacktoberfest!
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **This project has been discontinued.** Hacktoberfest no longer counts pull requests, so there is no need to search for eligible repositories anymore. https://finder.usmans.me now shows a static notice that points visitors to [hacktoberfest.com](https://hacktoberfest.com). All search, sign-in, reporting, database and analytics features are switched off, and the old source code is kept in [`archive/`](archive) for reference. New contributions are no longer being accepted.
 
-Use it here - https://finder.usmans.me
+A Web app that lets you find eligible repositories for Hacktoberfest!
 
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
 [![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-51-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)

archive/src/app/not-found.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import Link from 'next/link';
+import { Header } from './(public)/_components/header';
+import { Button } from './(public)/_components/button';
+
+export default function NotFoundPage() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Header />
+      <div className="min-h-[calc(100vh-61px)] flex items-center justify-center bg-gradient-to-br from-hacktoberfest-blue via-hacktoberfest-light-blue to-hacktoberfest-blue">
+        <div className="text-center max-w-2xl mx-auto px-6">
+          {/* 404 Number with Animation */}
+          <div className="relative mb-8">
+            <h1 className="text-[12rem] md:text-[15rem] leading-none text-hacktoberfest-light font-bold animate-pulse">
+              404
+            </h1>
+            <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-r from-transparent via-hacktoberfest-light to-transparent opacity-20 animate-pulse"></div>
+          </div>
+
+          {/* Error Message */}
+          <div className="space-y-6 mb-12">
+            <h2 className="text-4xl md:text-5xl font-bold text-hacktoberfest-light mb-4">
+              Oops! Page Not Found
+            </h2>
+            <p className="text-xl md:text-2xl text-hacktoberfest-light/80 leading-relaxed">
+              The page you're looking for seems to have wandered off into the
+              digital void. Don't worry, it happens to the best of us!
+            </p>
+          </div>
+
+          {/* Action Buttons */}
+          <div className="flex flex-col sm:flex-row gap-4 justify-center items-center">
+            <Link href="/">
+              <Button>🏠 Go Back Home</Button>
+            </Link>
+          </div>
+
+          {/* Decorative Elements */}
+          <div className="mt-16 flex justify-center space-x-4 opacity-60">
+            <div className="w-3 h-3 bg-hacktoberfest-light rounded-full animate-bounce"></div>
+            <div
+              className="w-3 h-3 bg-hacktoberfest-light rounded-full animate-bounce"
+              style={{ animationDelay: '0.1s' }}
+            ></div>
+            <div
+              className="w-3 h-3 bg-hacktoberfest-light rounded-full animate-bounce"
+              style={{ animationDelay: '0.2s' }}
+            ></div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+}

next.config.mjs

@@ -1,16 +1,26 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-import './src/env.mjs';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 
+/**
+ * The project finder has been discontinued (Hacktoberfest no longer counts
+ * pull requests). The site is now a single static notice page, and this
+ * config keeps hosting usage close to zero:
+ * - every old route (/repos, /contributors, /reports, /api/*, ...) is
+ *   redirected to the notice page by the routing layer, so no server
+ *   function, database or GitHub API call is ever invoked;
+ * - image optimization is turned off so no image transformations are billed.
+ *
+ * The retired feature code lives in /archive for reference.
+ */
+
 /**@type {import('next').NextConfig}*/
 const config = {
   reactStrictMode: true,
-  typedRoutes: true,
-  experimental: {
-    viewTransition: true
+  images: {
+    unoptimized: true
   },
   webpack(config) {
     config.resolve.alias['@'] = path.resolve(__dirname, 'src');
@@ -23,6 +33,13 @@ const config = {
         destination:
           'https://github.com/max-programming/hacktoberfest-projects',
         permanent: true
+      },
+      {
+        // Any path without a file extension (i.e. any old page or API route)
+        // goes to the notice page. Static assets and /_next are left alone.
+        source: '/:path((?!_next/)[^.]+)',
+        destination: '/',
+        permanent: false
       }
     ];
   }

package.json

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
     "@databuddy/sdk": "^2.1.77",
     "@eslint/eslintrc": "^3.3.1",
     "@eslint/js": "^9.32.0",
+    "@fontsource-variable/inter": "^5.3.0",
+    "@fontsource/barlow-semi-condensed": "^5.3.0",
+    "@fontsource/space-mono": "^5.3.0",
     "@t3-oss/env-nextjs": "^0.13.8",
     "@twuni/emojify": "^1.0.2",
     "@types/node": "^24.1.0",