Building own knowledge database

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Posted by Michel Laglasse
Nov 26, 2015 at 06:58 AM

Hi Slartibartfarst

I’ve just setup an rss feed.
You can get it at goozzee.sourceforge.net/goozzeerss.xml

But do not expect too many updates : I only update the website when I publish a new version. And since this is a single man project, it can take from one month to one year between two releases…

Kind regards,
Buzz.

Posted by mahe
Nov 26, 2015 at 08:24 PM

Dr Andus wrote:
mahe wrote:
>This is not an easy question to answer because we don’t know what
>features or benefits you are exactly looking for.

I’ve been evaluating myBase Desktop 7.0.0b21 for some time now and I’ve just found odd behavior, reported it and waiting for an answer.
I am definitely for tree-like database. I need encryption and support for big and many attachments/files, so database might be > 1 GB.
Also I need support for indexing attachments (mainly PDF).

I am looking for personal knowledge database software not Personal Information Manager which I use on daily basis (Outlook 2013 + OneNote 2013).
I also am considering OneNote, but it’s horribly cumbersome - I have only 70 MB database with text and inline images!

I don’t know maybe I am just too demanding and picky, but let’s face it - it’s end of 2015, encryption is a must, searching based on regular expressions is a must, indexing attachments is a must.

And huge drawback of all shareware software is support. And I have bought many sharewares from $20 to $300 and only a few of them have support, which we may call support.
For example I’ve mailed 3 messages to Treepad for past two weeks and still no answer. They don’t even publish their contact e-mail address on their website but I was able to google it.
Presales support (questions during trial period) is practically non-existent.

Posted by Mick S
Nov 27, 2015 at 12:07 AM

Hi mahe

In developing my own knowledge base over many years I’ve tried more software than I can remember. I know only too well the frustration of porting a large amount of data to a promising new platform only to be disappointed after a few months of use and having to move it all back again.

As a replacement for TreePad I’d recommend UltraRecall.

While far from perfect it does tick most of your boxes, is extremely flexible and can easily handle very large databases. There are several things about UltraRecall that annoy me quite a bit but I’ve been unable to find a suitable replacement in spite of a great deal of effort spent in searching.

In my view at least, UR presents as rather unattractive and obtuse out of the box and this tends to put many people off. However, once you come to grips with it, the power and functionality it offers is very hard to beat.

Posted by Listerene
Nov 29, 2015 at 03:48 AM

CherryTree is an open-source clone of Tree Pad ... with a few nice additions.

Here’s the Windows portable version
http://portableapps.com/apps/office/cherrytree-portable

Posted by Achim
Nov 30, 2015 at 11:46 AM

Hi Mahe,

If you plan to organize big volumes of data (pdfs, mp3) maybe “Brilliant Database” could be worth a look.

http://www.brilliantdatabase.com

Its a handy record-based database, but unlike Access or Filemaker etc. data aren’t organized in tables but in a tree-like folder structure.

Technical data:

http://www.brilliantdatabase.com/main/features/list

Of course it has a steeper learning curve than Treepad (but not as steep as MS-Access), and the website offers lots of tutorials and examples.

best regards

Achim

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