Ask HN: What Do You Use for a Personal Database

• sqlite-utils

  35 1,523 8.1 Python

  Python CLI utility and library for manipulating SQLite databases

SQLite with the open source toolchain I've been building over the past five years:

https://datasette.io as the interface for running queries against (and visualizing) my data.

https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/ as a set of tools for creating and modifying my databases (inserting JSON or CSV data, enabling full text search text)

https://dogsheep.github.io as a suite of tools for importing my personal data - see also this talk I gave about that project: https://simonwillison.net/2020/Nov/14/personal-data-warehous...

• datasette

  187 8,955 9.3 Python

  An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data

SQLite with the open source toolchain I've been building over the past five years:

https://datasette.io as the interface for running queries against (and visualizing) my data.

https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/ as a set of tools for creating and modifying my databases (inserting JSON or CSV data, enabling full text search text)

https://dogsheep.github.io as a suite of tools for importing my personal data - see also this talk I gave about that project: https://simonwillison.net/2020/Nov/14/personal-data-warehous...

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com featured

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• nolific

  2 121 2.4 PHP

  A very simple web based note solution that's designed to serve as my second brain.

Yup, I’m using mostly SQLite and tools I wrote using it these days, at least for personal data management.

I use this simple tool for most my notes now:

https://github.com/codazoda/nolific

For temporary notes I use my Ponder web app (it just uses the browsers DB) and is partially inspired by old AlphaSmart word processing machines:

https://github.com/codazoda/ponder

• ponder

  1 4 10.0 CSS

  A fast text scratchpad that saves your thoughts (by codazoda)

Yup, I’m using mostly SQLite and tools I wrote using it these days, at least for personal data management.

I use this simple tool for most my notes now:

https://github.com/codazoda/nolific

For temporary notes I use my Ponder web app (it just uses the browsers DB) and is partially inspired by old AlphaSmart word processing machines:

https://github.com/codazoda/ponder

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