Checklist plugin

Write a plugin for an existing Task management system, CRM or ERP.

See Chalkup for core project.

The base of the product:

Backend for CRUD operations on surveys
- DB
- REST API
Report printing based on my JRServer
Small web app to manipulate checklists and reports
- Web UI for CRUD operations
- Template designer UI (template is for questionnaire Android)
- Report designer UI (report is a PDF based on answers to the questionnaire)
Android app for field workers

Backend

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Report printing

Here I mean

the JRServer-based backend implementation
minimal “example-UI” which can be changed/extended for a specific implementation

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Webapp

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Misc:

Misc ideas for Checklist plugin

Use Open Source software to offer the plugin
- Project management
  - https://www.openproject.org/ (at the moment the best alternative in this category)
  - https://projectlibre.com/
    - Open source
    - Download:
      - https://sourceforge.net/projects/projectlibre/
  - https://kanboard.org/
  - https://vikunja.io
- Kanban boards:
  - https://www.reddit.com/answers/37e32b9d-c4ac-4537-9228-6cbdefccdffe/?q=kanban+board+self+hosted&source=SERP&upstreamCID=3d5d12c1-7eed-47a4-887b-aef7d37d21e3&upstreamIID=ed47852f-1b45-4576-8c49-df1259e067d4&upstreamQ=kanban+board+self+hosted&upstreamQID=7be18780-0dc0-45bc-a000-ceccabf392d7
- Task management
- Field service management
- CRM
- ERP
Use commercial CRMs / ERPs, which do not have such functionality (checklists, Android app, etc…)
- speak with software manufacturers (google for “CRM Haustechniker” or something like this)
  - https://www.berlicrm.de/
  - https://hero-software.de/ ?
Use Gurtam products to integrate checklists in them
- Check which products can be used for this purpose:
  - Wialon Logistics
  - Fleetrun
  - Hecterra
  - WiaTag?
  - NimBus???
  - others ?
Time tracking software
- Kimai ?
Unterweisungssoftware
- Checklisten erstellen
- Checklisten abarbeiten
- Reports
- Beispiel:
  - “Universum Arbeitsschutz-Center”
    - https://arbeitsschutz-center.de/
    - s.auch https://www.softguide.de/programm/universum-arbeitsschutz-center

Field service management software

Comparisons:

The Best 6 Free and Open Source Field Service Management Software
- Fergus
- Housecall Pro
- ServiceMax
- Loc8
- ServiceTrade
- Frontu (Tasker)
- In addition
  - RazorSync

Task management software

Search keywords:

task management
project management

Comparisons:

8 best open source project management software for 2023
- + OpenProject
- + Tuleap
- Orangescrum
- GanttProject
- + Taiga
- + Leantime
- + ProjectLibre
- + Wekan
12 Best Open Source Project Management Software [Self-hosted]
- + OpenProject
- + Focalboard
- + Restya
- ERPNext
- + Taskcafe
- Orangescrum
- + Taiga
- + Twake
- + Wekan
- + ProjectLibre
- + Leantime
- + Plane

Also interesting links:

ERPNext

Website
- https://erpnext.com/open-source-projects
developer organization
- IN
- Frappe Technologies, Mumbai, India
source code repo
- https://github.com/frappe/erpnext
programming languages
- Python 77.0%
- JavaScript 19.5%
community
- … (URLs of forums etc.)
plugins
- … (URLs of howtos / marketplace etc.)
- Frappe Apps Marketplace

Pros/Cons/Conclusion
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Focalboard

Since 15.09.2023 will be “community developed only”.

Citation: “Effective September 15th, 2023, the Focalboard plugin will no longer be bundled with Mattermost and will transition to being fully community supported.”

Focalboard is an open source, multilingual, self-hosted project management tool that's an alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.

Focalboard comes in three editions:

Focalboard plugin: The Focalboard plugin integrates into an exsting Mattermost instance to combine project management tools with messaging and collaboration for teams of all sizes.
Personal Desktop: A standalone, single-user macOS, Windows, or Linux desktop app for your own todos and personal projects.
Personal Server: A standalone, multi-user server for development and personal use.

Website
- https://www.focalboard.com/
developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
source code repo
- https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard
programming languages
- TypeScript 52.8%
- Go 41.3%
community
- … (URLs of forums etc.)
plugins
- … (URLs of howtos / marketplace etc.)

Pros/Cons ⇒ Verdict
- “community only” product (since 15.09.2023)
- ⇒ at the moment it is not really reasonable to make an Avril plugin for it

Leantime

Website
- https://leantime.io/
developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
source code repo
- https://github.com/leantime/leantime
programming language
- PHP 48.7%
- JavaScript 24.0%
community
- https://discord.gg/4zMzJtAq9z
plugins
- … (URLs of howtos / marketplace etc.)

Pros/Cons/Verdict
- at the moment not really much users
- ⇒ not reasonable to make a plugin for it

OpenProject

Website
- https://www.openproject.org/
developer organization
- DE (main office)
- OpenProject GmbH, Krausenstraße 9, 10117 Berlin, Germany
source code repo
- https://github.com/opf/openproject
programming language
- Ruby 73.8%
- TypeScript 15.7%
community
- https://community.openproject.org/projects/openproject/forums
plugins
- https://www.openproject.org/de/docs/system-admin-guide/plugins/
- https://www.openproject.org/docs/system-admin-guide/integrations/

Plane

Website
- https://plane.so/
developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
source code repo
- https://github.com/makeplane/plane
programming language
- …
community
- … (URLs of forums etc.)
plugins
- https://docs.plane.so/integrations/about
  - not yet available, but it is planned

Pros/Cons/Verdict
- at the moment not possible to make a plugin
- ⇒ check later of it will be possible to make a plugin (API, docs etc)

ProjectLibre

At the moment it seems to be only a desktop software running locally. There is a link to a beta of “ProjectLibre Cloud”, but it is available only after registration.

Website
- https://www.projectlibre.com/
Source code
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/projectlibre/
Latest version
- 1.9.3-1 (from 2021?)
Pros / Cons / Conclusion
- ⇒ at the moment it is not reasonable to make a plugin for it
  - maybe check the “ProjectLibre Cloud” later

Restya

Website
- https://github.com/RestyaPlatform
- https://restya.com/ (seems to be not working)
developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
source code repo
- https://github.com/RestyaPlatform/board
  - latest commit at 12.03.2022 (1,5 years old…)
programming languages
- JavaScript (67,2%)
- PHP (11%)
community
- … (URLs of forums etc.)
plugins
- … (URLs of howtos / marketplace etc.)

Pros/Cons ⇒ Verdict
- seems to be dead (02.10.2023)

Taiga

Website
- https://taiga.io/
developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
source code repo
- …
programming language
- backend
  - Python 96.9%
community
- https://community.taiga.io/
plugins
- List of Taiga plugins
  - contains actually 15 plugins
- How To Extend Taiga

Pros/Cons/Conclusion
- Pros
  - relatively big and active community
- Cons
  - there is no real plugin marketplace available
    - it is possible to publish plugins but there are a better market places existing (e.g. for ERPNext)
- Conclusion
  - ⇒ it is nice, but at the moment it is not really “a big opportunity”
    - check later

Taskcafe

Website
- https://github.com/JordanKnott/taskcafe
developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
source code repo
- https://github.com/JordanKnott/taskcafe
programming language
- …
community
- … (URLs of forums etc.)
plugins
- … (URLs of howtos / marketplace etc.)
Pros/Cons/Verdict
- a small private project in alpha stage ⇒ not reasonable to make a plugin for it

Tuleap

Website
- https://tuleap.net/
- https://tuleap.org/ (not worked at 29.09.2023)
developer organization
- ?
source code repo
- https://tuleap.net/plugins/git/tuleap/tuleap/stable
programming language
- PHP
community
- https://chat.tuleap.org/home
plugins
- ?

Twake

Website
- https://twake.app/
developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
source code repo
- …
programming language
- …
community
- https://community.twake.app/
plugins
- … (URLs of howtos / marketplace etc.)

Pros/Cons/Verdict
- latest forum post is 20 days old
- ⇒ not reasonable to make a plugin for it

Wekan

Website
- …
developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
source code repo
- …
programming language
- …
community
- https://github.com/wekan/wekan/discussions
plugins
- … (URLs of howtos / marketplace etc.)

Pros/Cons/Conclusion
- Pros
  - JavaScript
  - nice UI
  - good docs
- Cons
  - too small community
  - no activity on forum since one month
- ⇒ not yet reasonable to make a plugin (too small community)

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Website
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developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
source code repo
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programming languages
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community
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plugins
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