Qercus

Desktop free-form text database in which each record may contain an arbitrary collection of fields. Each field and record has its own style and colour. Efficient text searching - text is indexed as it is entered. Inspired by Blackwell Idealist.

Features

Records contain any mix of fields in any order
Fields of various base types, e.g. text, float, integer, image, links to urls: www, mp3 and pdf
Full text search / indexing facilities (using Xapian)
Powerful search facilities, but simple to use
Suitable for academic bibliography, observation records, collections etc.
Easy to add navigation and instruction records.
Every database has a Home record. There is a button to search for this.
Embedded commands in macro fields (with clickable button) can be placed in any record.
For more information see the MediaWiki page under 'Hosted Applications'

Project Samples

Each type of fied has a number of colour and style settings

Each record contains an arbitrary list of fields

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux, Windows

Intended Audience

Developers, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Programming Language

Python

Database Environment

SQLite

Related Categories

Python Front-Ends

Registered

2011-01-17

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