Locally-installed Basecamp-type solution?

March 13, 2005 9:53 AM

My fiancée and I are currently in the thick of planning our August wedding. Is there something like Basecamp that I can install on my home server to help us keep track of the thousand-and-one-details?

I have an old G4/500 running as my home webserver/mp3 server/ etc, serving up a couple of domains, including a publicly-accessible site about the wedding. I'd like to install something (I'm assuming PHP/MySQL driven) that will allow the principles in the organisation be able to share information, timelines, calendars, to-dos, contacts, that sort of thing. Basecamp looks great -- but surely there must be something similar I can install on my home machine? Thanks!

posted by docgonzo to computers & internet (8 comments total)

This thread has a link to dotproject, which seems similar (and free).
posted by bh at 10:06 AM on March 13, 2005

There's also Tasks, by Alex King. Releases range from a free personal edition for installation on you own server, to a more sophisticed pay version for your own server, to a hosted solution.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 10:13 AM on March 13, 2005

Here's a list of a whole bunch of free (some open source, some not) project management tools. I've never used any of the tools listed, so can't tell you anything about their quality.
posted by cerebus19 at 10:56 AM on March 13, 2005

Wow, a wedding planner software package is a great idea.

I could make a small fortune.
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 5:35 PM on March 13, 2005

Crap!
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 5:36 PM on March 13, 2005

I got them to use DotProject to manage our development team. It's free, uses PHP and mySQL. Might be a bit too much for what you need.
posted by furtive at 6:03 PM on March 13, 2005

Why not just use the free version of Basecamp? My fiancee and I certainly are. :)
posted by delfuego at 6:35 PM on March 13, 2005

I like TaDa Lists for shared to-do lists. Even offers an RSS feed so you can be updated anytime your lists change.

I am using The Knot for all my guest list needs. You could create an account and hand out the log-in info.

Using Excel for everything else, plus Delicious to share links, and a couple of Yahoo groups (via The Knot) where we share files. You could set up a group for your wedding; it is old-skool formatting but works OK for a short-term need.
posted by suchatreat at 6:22 AM on March 14, 2005