[kwlug-disc] Personal Database Software

[Mikalai Birukou]

On 2024-05-12 00:37, Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc wrote:
> I've come across the need for software that I think used to be common,
> but seems to have stagnated (i.e., not survived the jump to multi-device
> or multi-users): Personal Database Software.
>
> Baseically like Microsoft Access, or LibreOffice Base: Define a Table
> (i.e.  "Albums"), define fields/layout a form ("Title", "Artist", etc),
> and then you can start adding entries, searching, browsing, etc. Easy
> enough for a user without having to know SQL, or any scripting
> languages.
>
> If it was just me, I could theoretically just use LibreOffice Base (or
> postgres directly, I guess).  However, that doesn't really work well in
> either the multi-device world (look things up from my phone while away
> from home), or multi-user world (share tables with other people)
>
> It goes without saying that there's a *strong* preference for
> self-hosted open source solutions.

NextCloud with spreadsheet?

> I figured there'd be some niche project that I just haven't come across,
> but I'm really not finding anything.
>
>
> --
> Chris Irwin
>
> email:   chris at chrisirwin.ca
>    xmpp:   chris at chrisirwin.ca
>     web: https://chrisirwin.ca
>
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