{"id":2641,"date":"2026-04-03T02:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/ao3-is-finally-out-of-beta-after-17-years\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T02:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:07:58","slug":"ao3-is-finally-out-of-beta-after-17-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/ao3-is-finally-out-of-beta-after-17-years\/","title":{"rendered":"AO3 is finally out of beta after 17 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Archive of Our Own logo\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Illustration by Alex Castro \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/13404379\/acastro_181101_1777_archiveofOurOwn_0001.0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Archive of Our Own (AO3) is officially exiting beta. The Organization for Transformative Works &#8211; the nonprofit behind the fanfiction site &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transformativeworks.org\/ao3-is-exiting-open-beta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced the update on Thursday<\/a>, which comes 17 years after AO3&rsquo;s launch in 2009.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u00ab\u00a0Since 2009, AO3 has grown and changed a lot,\u00a0\u00bb the announcement says. \u00ab\u00a0We&rsquo;ve introduced many features over the years through the efforts of our volunteers and coding contributors, as well as the contractors we&rsquo;ve been able to hire thanks to generous donations from our users.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The post highlights some of the features that AO3 has since its launch, including a tagging system, fanworks downloads, privacy settings that allow \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/906346\/ao3-archive-of-our-own-beta-exit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archive of Our Own (AO3) is officially exiting beta. 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