Does anyone know if there exists a web UI catalog software for organizing any type of collection?
I’m not looking for desktop software. I’m looking specifically for something that has a web UI that can be run on the local server.
Wine bottles, movies, TV shows, books, games, music, cards, coins, collectables, and whatever else you can think of.
If it’s a web UI, it can be run directly from the NAS.
The closest thing I could find is GCstar, which does not offer a web UI version.
I know there is software that can organize your ebooks, such as Calibre. There’s also a web UI version of it called calibre-web. The problem is that it can only be used for books, and it requires you to tie it to a Calibre library.
Then there’s something like GCstar, which can be used to create and organize collections of just about any media: TV shows, movies, music, games, and books. The only problem is that it’s only available as a desktop application.
Posting in this thread because I’m also interested in if such a thing exists.
A serverside variant of the now dead Delicious Library - Wikipedia would be neat.
That’s exactly what I’m looking for but as a web-based solution to host directly on the NAS server!
From your post, I watched a video about it that demonstrates a book shelf, a movie shelf, a toy shelf, and a tool shelf. This is the type of all-purpose digital library I’m looking for.
What a shame it’s abandoned and has no web equivalent. Hopefully someone else knows of something?
I’ve used Snipe-IT and I’ve used Delicious Library. Homebox is more Delicious Library. It’s less structured and rigid. Caveat: I’ve only played with the demo. I’d like to give it a go seriously in the future.
If anyone’s wondering, as mentioned by @neofusion, the defunct macOS software Delicious Library is a perfect example of what I’m looking for, but as a “web UI” solution that can be installed on a NAS.
I still miss Delicious Library. Before Amazon charged fees to access it’s database, you could hook up a barcode scanner (perhaps buying a used Zebra one that would outlast civilization) and scan barcodes to almost-instantly add items to your Delicious Library collection.
Data Crow says it has a server-with-web-service mode. I’m going to give that a shot, thanks for the recommendation. Adds to ever expanding list of applications to try.
I just played around with it on my TrueNAS Core (FreeBSD) NAS. If this is the only option available, then I might have to settle for it.
It’s far from perfect and feels “dated”, like a student’s college assignment.
The categories are limited to whatever the devs hardcoded into it. (How can someone add a custom category of “Wines” or “Tools”? Even within a category, such as “Books”, you are limited to adding “Hardcover” or “Paperback”. No option for Ebook". Instead of “Games” there’s only a “Software” category that has some “game” fields. “Games” should be a category on its own.
The home page is dull and looks unfinished. Why are there three arbitrary subcategories at the top? They only relate to books and film, but have nothing to do with the other main categories.
The overall UI is very ugly and clunky. This isn’t a showstopper for me but you would expect more polish in software that was made or updated in the last decade.
EDIT: I’m sure the desktop version is much nicer, which is what they display on their website. My critiques are specific to their server (“web”) version.
EDIT 2: Looks like the “web” version is indeed limited:
If you want the “server” version to have the same look and features as the desktop program, you’re meant to launch an actual application from your desktop (“thick” client), instead of a web browser (“thin” client). At this point, it sort of defeats the purpose of a server-based library that you can access from any web browser on your network without having to install anything locally on each computer.
Hopefully someone else knows of something?
Shame really.