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Good point! The tricky thing is that even desktop apps today tend to have online backends to store data and analytics. So it would be a matter of building/searc
by pacarvalho 4y ago
Good point! The tricky thing is that even desktop apps today tend to have online backends to store data and analytics. So it would be a matter of building/searching for apps that are 100% local.
- samemail88 4y agoThats why I decided to build my own. My bookmark manager is 100% local. It even caches pages I bookmark using chrome headless. The data is stored in a sqlite file which I can sync using Dropbox, Syncthing, etc if I use multiple computers.
- severak_cz 4y agoWhy not hosting it on some cheap hosting if you are already using PHP? (I also build an app which is basically bookmark manager and it's based on PHP and SQLite.)
- sitzkrieg 4y agothat would need the internet, kinda defeating the point no?
- mrleinad 4y agoAFAIK, dropbox also needs the internet to work, doesn't it?
- layer8 4y agoBut you don’t need the internet to work at the same time as you use the local application with the data previously synced via Dropbox. Of course, in the case of a bookmark manager, the usefulness is limited when the internet isn’t working. :)
- samemail88 4y agoI only mentioned dropbox if I wanted to sync my database on multiple computers. I don't need to, so I don't need dropbox.
- samemail88 4y agoThis is on the assumption I want to host it online. I don't want the task to maintain a web server and pay for its cost. I just want to be able to it use it locally. I want to be able to send it to a family/friend and they can run it themselves.