myBase - A Unique Freeform Database Software

myBase is a unique free-form database software that allows entry of unstructured text, webpages, images, documents, emails and even arbitrary files without regard to length or format. All information is automatically compressed and stored in the tree structured outline form. Unlike traditional database programs, myBase accepts text input like a word processor, and provides better methods for capturing, editing, organizing, retrieving, searching and sharing information, that helps you build up knowledge base and increase personal productivity.

With myBase, you can:

• Keep all your information in one place and get organized with ease;
• Create personal or corporate full-text searchable knowledgebase or research databases containing text, graphics, webpages, documents, and even binary files;
• Get a large and growing collection of notes and documents organized in one place;
• Take notes or write articles in the hierarchical structure and save them securely in local database files;
• Manage product/project/customer information in an intuitive way;
• Write books in the tree outline form much more efficiently than a standard word processor;
• And more ...

Documentation Changelog Plugin Development Downloads Order Testimonials

To run myBase Desktop v7.x, you will need a PC (or Tablet PC) running GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, or Windows XP+.

To download the evaluation version, please click the links below according to your system type.

GNU/Linux (amd64) | Mac OS X | Windows XP+

For GNU/Linux, extract the downloaded package into your home directory, then it's almost done. Generally you can do it by running the commands in Terminal like this:

• $ cd ~
• $ tar -xjvf myBase-Desktop-Ver700b27-Linux.tar.bz2
• $ cd ./myBase7
• $ ./myBase.run &

For the convenience of starting myBase without typing the command in Terminal, you may want to create a launcher icon on your X11 desktop.

Note that with different distributions of GNU/Linux, you may need to manually install additional packages to resolve the shared library dependencies. To check the library dependencies for myBase 7.x, open a Terminal window, change to the program's directory, and run the command 'ldd myBase'.

For Mac OS X, open the downloaded .dmg package file, then drag the myBase icon and drop it into the system's Applications folder, whereby you can double click on the program's icon to start it.

For Windows, run the downloaded setup program and follow the instructions to finish the software installation; You'll need to select the target directory and program group name during installation.

For GNU/Linux, simply delete the program's directory.

For Mac OS X, trash the program icon from the system's Applications folder.

For Windows, select the [Uninstall myBase Desktop 7] menu item from the Start menu, and press the "Yes" button to proceed.

Note that you may want to first create backups for your own .nyf database files before uninstalling the software.

The hierarchy chart below tries to illustrate how information is structured and saved within myBase. It allows unlimited level of nested info items within each sub trees.

myBase Desktop is a feature-rich and powerful knowledge management software for storing and managing a large number of unstructured information, such as webpages, images, documents, spreadsheets, presentations and any kind of arbitrary files. Below is a simple list of key features that the current version provides.

1. Intuitive and uncluttered user interface
2. Organizing info items in the tree-structured outline form
3. Categorizing info items with hierarchical labels
4. UNICODE (UTF-8) support for multilingual content
5. Fast load speed, fast access, with low RAM requirements
6. Large file support ( > 2GB )
7. Data compression ( powered by Zlib )
8. Optimization for file size
9. Password-protection
10. Attachments support
11. HTML/Rich Text formatting and editing
12. Markdown support
13. Syntax-highlighting for source code
14. Recycle bin and revision history
15. Undeletion of info items and attachments
16. Revision history of HTML contents
17. Webpage/snippets capturing and saving
18. Item links, hyperlinks, symbolic links and file shortcuts
19. Customizable icons for individual info items
20. Customizable relative path vailables for local file links
21. Auto-save and auto-backup
22. Print and preview
23. Boolean search, Search by RegExp, Search as you type & Search in results
24. HTML tree generator
25. ePub/CHM e-book maker
26. MS-Word outline generator
27. Mindmap spider-like diagram generator
28. Importing data from a variety of sources
29. Exporting data in a variety of file formats
30. Javascript APIs for extending functionality
31. And more ...

myBase Desktop provides tens of inbuilt plugin utilities some of which are listed below:

1. Capture -> Import directory tree as hyperlinks or attachments
2. Capture -> Import files as child items, Text to notes, else to attachemts, each file creates a child item
3. Capture -> Import Mind Map items
4. Capture -> Import OPML items
5. Capture -> Import text file by a delimiter, each division creates a child item
6. Capture -> Import journal template
7. Capture -> Import info items from within another .nyf database
8. Capture -> Import MS Word documents as child items (Windows only)
9. Capture -> Import MS Outlook items (Windows only)
10. Capture -> Import selected items from within MS Outlook (Windows only)
11. Share -> Export info items and map as a disk directory tree
12. Share -> Export all files to a specified directory
13. Share -> Export text notes to a file with a text line delimiter
14. Share -> Export data records to MS Excel
15. Share -> Export text contents as HTML documents
16. Share -> Export text contents with indentation
17. Share -> Export text contents without formatting
18. Share -> Export MS Word outline (Windows only)
19. Share -> Export HTML Tree
20. Share -> Export Spider-like Diagrams (mindmap)
21. Share -> Export .mmap documents
22. Share -> Export .opml documents
23. Share -> Export .epub digital books
24. Share -> Export CHM projects
25. Share -> Export PDF document
26. Share -> Export page as image
27. Share -> Export branches to another .nyf database
28. Edit -> Insert -> Insert table
29. Edit -> Insert -> Insert picture from file
30. Edit -> Insert -> Insert text from file
31. Edit -> Insert -> Insert quick text
32. Edit -> Insert -> Insert file/folder hyperlinks
33. Edit -> Insert -> Insert code block (syntax highlighting for 100+ languages supported)
34. Edit -> Insert -> Insert hyperlinks
35. Edit -> Text utilties -> Sort selected text lines by alphabet
36. Edit -> Text utilties -> Remove unwanted Returns/Spaces
37. Edit -> Text utilties -> Make selection uppercase/lowercase
38. Edit -> Text utilties -> Make selected text into table
39. Edit -> Text utilties -> Edit selected text fields within a fillable form
40. Edit -> Edit HTML source code
41. Edit -> Revision history
42. Search -> Items for today
43. Search -> Items for today
44. Search -> List all related items
45. Search -> List attachments or shortcuts
46. Search -> List recently modified entries
47. Search -> Search local file system
48. Search -> Search by custom icons
49. Search -> Custom search scope
50. Tools -> Calculate expression or js code
51. Tools -> Word count
52. Tools -> Compare folders
53. Tools -> Detect text encoding
54. Tools -> View file in hexadecimal
55. Tools -> Compute file digest
56. Tools -> Find duplicate files
57. And more ...

If you have any of these kinds of problems with getting things done, myBase can help.

• How can I organize a large and growing collection of notes, images and documents in my research work?
• How can I manage random bits of personal information in my own way?
• How can I capture webpages including original URLs and get the collections well-organized with ease?
• How can I create a personal or corporate full-text searchable knowledge base effortlessly?
• How can I write a book in the tree outline form more efficiently than a standard word processor?
• How can I publish information in the HTML tree form on the web, or make ePub/CHM digital books with ease?
• How can I build a full-text searchable database containing a large number of unstructured information/materials such as images, webpages, documents and even arbitrary files?

myBase, a 'swiss-army-knife' program, does these things well and can help a lot. With myBase, creating your own full-text searchable databases and getting organized has never been easier. No programming skills are required. [ Download ]

With myBase and a modest set of plugins and addon programs, you get:

1. Knowledge Base Software
2. Research Database Software
3. Notes Manager
4. Project Management Tool
5. Customer Data Management Tool
6. Personal Information Organizer (PIM)
7. Mind/Notes Manager
8. Book Writing Tool
9. To-Do List
10. Address Book
11. Diary Keeper
12. Documentation Tool
13. Presentation Tool
14. Outlining Tool
15. HTML Tree Maker
16. Webpage Capturing Tool
17. Photo Album
18. URL Organizer
19. File Organizer
20. HTML/Rich Text Editor
21. Markdown Editor
22. CD-ROM/USB-Drive Offline Indexing Tool
23. Mindmap Spider-like Diagram Maker
24. ePub Digital Book Maker
25. CHM Digital Book Maker (Windows only)
26. MS-Word Outline Maker (Windows only)
27. MS-Outlook Email Archiver (Windows only)
28. and more ...

All this are in a footprint of about 50MB on your hard disk.

myBase Desktop 7.x is built with the Qt Framework and the Structured Storage Library, myBase exposes its plugin API in JavaScript and has implemented tens of plugins inbuilt as the essential functionality of the application. The plugin API is currently open to the public domain. For detailed info about plugin development, please go here.

To download the evaluation version, please click the links below according to your computer system platform.

GNU/Linux (amd64) | Mac OS X | Windows XP+