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December 13, 2006 2:41 PM

I'm looking for a file repository application suitable for managing a software collection plus storing metadata about each program (version, developer site, dependencies, that sort of thing - I'll need to have some custom fields also). This is for private use, I'm not recreating Sourceforge or Freshmeat, so lightweight is better. Must run under OSX or LAMP. Suggestions?
posted by scalefree to computers & internet (6 comments total)

I dont quite understand what you're looking for, but maybe something like trac?
posted by aeighty at 3:03 PM on December 13, 2006

Yah that's the kind of thing that I'm looking for but I'm not interested in browsing source & checking code in, just maintaining a library of already compiled & packaged applications & some metadata on them.
posted by scalefree at 3:12 PM on December 13, 2006

You can use Microsoft Access, or something like it, to maintain a database of software.
posted by dgeiser13 at 3:30 PM on December 13, 2006

Put each app in a folder, and put a Readme file in the same folder. Standardize the format if you like.
posted by flabdablet at 3:35 PM on December 13, 2006

A wiki that allows file uploads & categories/tagging. I think Mediawiki is capable.
posted by Good Brain at 3:35 PM on December 13, 2006

Well - if you have a 'DAV' server, this one great use for 'WebDAV'

Plus, in most OS's (W2k and higher for Windows folks) there are now easy mechanisms to browse DAV shares.

As to servers, pretty much anything out there can serve up DAV shares these days.
posted by jkaczor at 4:04 PM on December 13, 2006