Software Request: Open Source Personal Content Repository

Posted by thouqht
Sep 11, 2018 at 02:33 AM

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TLDR; I need a “future proof” content database. Am thinking a Wiki or even something like Wordpress. Ease of use, searchability, organization, access, and ability to migrate are significant concerns.
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Hello CRIMPers,

Perhaps I’m at a point where some of you may have been in the past and am looking for guidance. Here’s my use case:

I run a business built upon content marketing and information products. Because of this, I produce a large amount of content ranging from blog posts, social media posts, youtube videos (and their outlines), and various courses.

As of now, this information is stored across a wide range of apps such as dynalist, workflowy, my computer file system, vim applications, evernote (two different accounts), OneNote, google docs, mailing list software, and most recently, notion.so (if only it was open source and self-hosted!).

I’m realizing that as my business progresses and my content output will only increase, this scattered storage has a real opportunity cost. In my line of work, it is very powerful to call up old content for new inspiration, to tweak and repackage, or reference for a larger work like a book.

With my information stored everywhere, it is almost impossible to do that efficiently. At first I was thinking to use Evernote, Notion, or any of the more niche software that this forum is fond of, but with the way things go in the software world, that just seems way too risky.

I would prefer an open source solution with a decent enough following that it could survive past any one person or business deal. And even if it couldn’t, it should be of a format that will hopefully be exportable or accessible in the future.

So it got me thinking about other things like wikis. In particular, my current front runners are:

- Tiddlywiki
- Dokuwiki
- Wordpress

So with all that being said, I’d love to hear what thoughts suggestions you all have. Thank you for your feedback.