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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:
- WYSIWYG editor lists
- Checklist “makers” online
- Odoo template editor
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)
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- Open source
- Download:
- Kanban boards:
- 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)
- 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”
Field service management software
Comparisons:
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- Frontu (Tasker)
- In addition
Task management software
Search keywords:
- task management
- project management
Comparisons:
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- + Tuleap
- Orangescrum
- GanttProject
- + Taiga
- + Leantime
- + ProjectLibre
- + Wekan
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- + OpenProject
- + Focalboard
- + Restya
- ERPNext
- + Taskcafe
- Orangescrum
- + Taiga
- + Twake
- + Wekan
- + ProjectLibre
- + Leantime
- + Plane
Also interesting links:
ERPNext
- Website
- developer organization
- IN
- Frappe Technologies, Mumbai, India
- source code repo
- programming languages
- Python 77.0%
- JavaScript 19.5%
- community
- … (URLs of forums etc.)
- plugins
- … (URLs of howtos / marketplace etc.)
- 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
- developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
- source code repo
- 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
- developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
- source code repo
- programming language
- PHP 48.7%
- JavaScript 24.0%
- community
- 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
- developer organization
- DE (main office)
- OpenProject GmbH, Krausenstraße 9, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- source code repo
- programming language
- Ruby 73.8%
- TypeScript 15.7%
- community
- plugins
Plane
- Website
- developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
- source code repo
- programming language
- …
- community
- … (URLs of forums etc.)
- plugins
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- not yet available, but it is planned
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- 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
- Source code
- 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://restya.com/ (seems to be not working)
- developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
- source code repo
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- latest commit at 12.03.2022 (1,5 years old…)
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- 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
- developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
- source code repo
- …
- programming language
- backend
- Python 96.9%
- community
- plugins
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- contains actually 15 plugins
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- 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
- developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
- source code repo
- programming language
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- 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.org/ (not worked at 29.09.2023)
- developer organization
- ?
- source code repo
- programming language
- PHP
- community
- plugins
- ?
Twake
- Website
- developer organization
- … (Country of main office)
- … (Address)
- source code repo
- …
- programming language
- …
- community
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- 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
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- programming language
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- community
- 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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