Hi,

I am looking since a long time for a selfhosted tool that would allow the user to insert and visualize data in a hierarchycal structure (tree). Ideally custom schemas could be defined so that it can be also regarded as a rudimentary noSQL database. I’ve looked at the awesome-selfhosted page high and low for anything similar with no luck. Do you happen to know anything that could work? The best example for the functionality I am looking for is the open source desktop app treeline

Thanks for your inputs,

  • tburkhol@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    What you’re describing sounds a lot like LDAP, but it could be I’m just triggered by “schemas.” LDAP would be the backend; there’s a whole slew of LDAP browsers, but none of them really seem like they’re targeted at users.

    • aesir@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I never looked into LDAP, I will do so now, thanks. Hopefully there could be something out there starting from the right keywords

      • tburkhol@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        Most of what you’ll find is user management and system administration, because LDAP is a common backend for user authentication &c at larger sites, but there’s no reason it can’t store arbitrary data. https://openldap.org/ slapd on the backend and maybe https://directory.apache.org/studio/ on the frontend. But since it’s built around user authentication, it has layers of security and access control that really complicate understanding the actual system.

        • aesir@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          I see, it gets complicated enough for me, I cannot imagine for some of the other users I would like to target… I will probably look into it as a last resort. Thanks

  • SoftScotch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Sounds like mind mapping software. I use freeplane (formerly freemind) desktop app but would love to find a self-hosted collaborative web based alternative with a database backend.

    • aesir@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Quite not the same, the definition of what I am looking for seems either “Personal Information Manager” or “Outliner”. Still a niche market it seems

    • aesir@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Here the answer

      I’ve got a hacked pyqt5 script that does this, I doubt it’s what you want. Adding mysql support and eventually want to be able to have something like limited math functions so you can add all the values in a tree for stuff like total cost.

      If you find something better I’d be real interested, I really want web and preferably app support.

    • aesir@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I do use it, but it is a desktop app. I was looking for something that could be used in a browser, I am so in need for that that I actually deployed treeline on alpine as a Kasm workspace for remote operation. Setting up a virtual desktop just for this seems a real overkill, besides that, I was hoping that a hosted solution could allow an easier collaboration between multiple users.