There hasn't been an official update since last November. Is the project dead or is a bigger update coming?

Fopnu is NOT dead. An new version is in the works right now. It should be released a bit after the next Tixati release, which is coming very soon.

Awesome!

Actually, the lack of frequent updates can be a good thing. A sign that fopnu is very well designed and implemented...

There will be new features added over time. But if there was some pressing bug that appears, you can be sure the devteam would jump and stomp on it. I have seen bugfix versions released within 24 hours.

With several somewhat similar p2p media sharing apps, some new feature might be added to one and refined over time. Then when optimized, it may be ported over to the other apps as appropriate.