Software Request: Open Source Personal Content Repository

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Sep 21, 2018 at 06:18 PM

I feel like a broken record, but I think you should look at TheBrain. No, it isn’t open source, but it has a 20-year track record. It is similar to a wiki in that you can create as many links as you want among the “thoughts” in your brain. You can attach any type of file to your thoughts, so stick with RTF and plain text attachments and you’re future proof. All the files are stored in their original format and are searchable from within TheBrain. Internal searches are fast.

The file attachments are stored in Brain folders, which are just like any other folders on your computer. Desktop searches will find them, so they will be there even if TheBrain suddenly disappears.

No, TheBrain isn’t cheap, but if you’re organizing your whole business with it, the cost is reasonable—in my view.

Just my two cents.

Steve Z.