Hope Tux is not too ill. I also get the same message that the site (Gimp Scripts) cannot be reached.
Maybe (being ill) was the reason he wanted someone else to look after this site though

Not seen that before Lyle. Still I probably wouldn't try it until I get another computer and then I might keep all my extra add on in a hard drive.

Trust: takes 5 years to earn it, and 5 seconds to lose it.

What I don't like in these central repositories is that decisions about software I run aren't mine. What if there is a bug that only impacts me in the new version? How can I go back? Can I keep a plugin even after the author "disowns" it? The "free (software) world" has been laughing while Win7 users where all forced to play (and mostly lost) "wack-a-win10-update", but not so long ago Firefox users were all told that the shiny new Firefox version that auto-installed would disable all their add-ons because they were incompatible with the new version...

I know some of you on this thread (including GnuTux) have scripts on gimpscripts and I understand most are covered by the GPL. That leaves them open to further improvement. From what I've seen so far of Gimp 2.9 (and 3.0) many scripts will have to be updated to work into the future.

I can see that whoever takes this on will have to be an admin and a 'maintainer' of this archive. Maybe the scripts could go on something like GitHub from a development perspective and then be downloadable from other sites?

Ofnuts:

Just got off the horn with Michael, and he directed me to the mailing list discussions in which GitLab was the last offering as an ideal replacement. I see that Pat David also made an example tree to show its effectiveness, and of course your points on it being the location to store but not maintain the code. My thoughts were rushed back to how crazy it was just keeping order on a Drupal platform. The biggest concern I have is the willingness of scripters/hackers to use GitLab and not become a discouragement of sharing their code. I love the uniformity of GitLab. It looks very well written and organized than some other platforms I’ve looked at. Perhaps a trial run is in order, since Pat so easily paved the way with his shining example.

I have my sister looking into it Lyle, She lives in NC and is about 35 miles from Tux. She has already called the Sheriffs office to send someone out to check on him. So far no one came to the door when the police arrived there 3 days ago. My sister called again and they are going to check the neighbors to ask if they have seen any action at all at his place.
In my last email from him, he told me he was very sick and all swelled up all over so I will try to keep you informed when I hear anything else.
Tux (Scott) has disconected his email address so doesn't look good.

If anyone wants to send a get-well card or anything like that, pm me and I will give you his address.

As do I.

Hope he is well !