Self hosted daily activity log?

I'm looking to replace the log book at work. I thought somebody must have made a simple docker container that allows someone to put in entries into a database for things like daily activities, guest logs, maybe even tracking fuel deliveries. Is there anything out there or and I going to need to remember how to make websites? Is been at least a decade.

I'm open to any other cloud solution as well.

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osanuha@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (6 replies)

Try usememos.com with well-defined keywords. The search works well, the calendar view is helpful and It even has an integration using Open API.

Very simple and powerful tool.

tenebrisnox@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 3y (4 replies)

I’d love to use memos (and have tried using it) but the backup/export is virtually non-existent.

osanuha@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (3 replies)

I’ve been happily using it in the last two months, and you point made me worry for the first time. Thanks for it!

But overall, I love the interface and will stay on it - maybe double-checking the backup routine now.

tenebrisnox@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Let me know if you find it.

When I mentioned this on Discord to the devs, they didn't seem to find the idea of SSH-ing into wherever Memos is served much of an issue. I ran it in a Docker container on a Synology NAS and lack the skill (or confidence) of poking around too much in parts of the NAS that aren't readily accessible.

osanuha@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Here is an approach: Kirika

tenebrisnox@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 3y

Thank you. I'll take a look. Your suggestion has also led to the Obsidian/Memos plug in which might also be a good link.

I just wish the devs would simply as a means of exporting/importing a JSON file or something. It would then open up the app to a much wider audience as it's really good.

johnnixon@rammy.site · 2 pts · 3y

That looks really good. I'll run this in docker and see if it works for our use case.

george@midwest.social · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

For personal activity logs, !ObsidianMD@lemmy.world with a synced folder. It could probably work for a team too.

johnnixon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I love Obsidian and have been using that for meeting minutes and study notes and even pleasure reading book notes. And homelab notes but things are always changing and I fall behind. But this is there to replace a shared paper book at the front desk. My users need more drop downs and less markdown.

saint@group.lt · 1 pts · 3y

this is very simple solution i have used to clip entries in: https://github.com/blinkinglight/go-journal2

vegetaaaaaaa@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

A plain postgres database with one of the many database management/airtable-like user interfaces on top?

johnnixon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

The rabbit hole took me from Airtable to Baserow (which I have up and running but with the built in DB) but now need to make a viewer for the people. So the next step is visualizing the events list and filtering by day and whatever is needed to get useful info from the DB.

Illecors@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Does a text file not suffice?

johnnixon@rammy.site · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

A fair question. The goal is to have a dozen different people able to input information. It should have some metadata so I can filter by every type (guest log, significant event, employee late to work, delivery, etc). A flat text file wouldn't do that. Plus it needs to be pretty idiot proof for the non savvy users.

Illecors@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 3y

It would if employees could follow a specific format, but that's a policy thing, I guess. Eg.:

[001] guest <guestname> arrived
[025] event of type 025 happened
...

etc.

While I now have to assume git is out of the question, something like Cryptpad might work.