[kwlug-disc] Personal Database Software

[William Park]

There is/was Firefox add-on for Sqlite.  So, you can browse the local 
Sqlite file from your Firefox.  But, not sure about remote file, or data 
entry.

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.
> 
> I figured there'd be some niche project that I just haven't come across, 
> but I'm really not finding anything.
> 
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