Mybase Desktop Edition for Linux/macOS/Windows

Introducing Mybase Desktop

Mybase is an intuitive knowledge base management software that allows entry of unstructured text, webpages, images, documents, emails and even arbitrary files without regard to length or format. Unlike traditional database systems, Mybase accepts text input like a word processor, all information is compressed with an integrated zip utility and stored in the tree structured outline form.

Mybase is now available in two editions, the desktop edition and the server edition. The desktop edition runs on personal desktop computers for efficiency and helps increase personal productivity significantly, while the server edition enables databases multi-user collaborative and accessible to co-workers over network by using a modern web browser at the client side.

Starting with version 9.0, Mybase Desktop has adopted a new hybrid architecture: a native backend service, a web-based user interface, and a native helper program that adds cross-platform support for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

The backend service is a standalone server program for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It exposes a set of APIs through which the web-based user interface, and optionally, authenticated third-party AI agents can connect to and access the backend database.

The helper program runs as a status icon on the desktop, letting you conveniently start or stop the backend service, or open the user interface in your default browser whenever you need it.

The new version is designed to be more flexible and easier to set up, with no complicated configuration. On the client side, all you need is a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge; no additional software or tools required.

Benefits & Advantages

With Mybase Desktop, you can:

  • Set up a web-based knowledge base management system on desktop computers or dedicated servers without complicated configurations.
  • Run a knowledge base securely either in your localhost, private network or via VPN/Stunnel/ProxyPass over public network.
  • Manage, edit and view existing databases via the web-based user interface by using PCs, xPads or mobile phones.
  • Take benefits and advantages of the cross-platform application and the common web platform.
  • No steep learning curve.

System Requirements

To run Mybase Desktop 9.x, your computer system must be running one of the following system:

  • GNU/Linux (amd64)
  • macOS 10.15+ (x86_64/arm64)
  • Windows 7+ (x64)

For users with Intel-based Mac (x86_64), the major version 8.x is compatible only with macOS 10.15-26.x, while macOS 26 (Tahoe) will be the final version released for Intel-based Macs.

For users with Apple Silicon Mac (arm64), the major version 8.x will no longer be compatible with macOS 28 or later, as Rosetta 2 support will be discontinued. We recommend upgrading to the major version 9.x, or using the server edition instead, or preventing Mac (arm64) from upgrading to macOS 28 or later if you'd wish to continue using v8.x.

Key Features

Here's a simple list of key features Mybase 9.x supports;

  1. Cross-platform support for Linux/macOS/Windows
  2. Low RAM usage at server side
  3. Easy setup and deployment with no complicated configurations
  4. Intuitive web-based user interface with no deployment required at client side
  5. Organizing info items in the tree-structured outline form
  6. Categorizing info items with hierarchical labels/tags
  7. Data compression ( powered by Zlib )
  8. Integrated HTML/Markdown/Text content editor
  9. Attachments support
  10. Multilingual UI support
  11. Customizable UI themes by CSS
  12. Markdown support ( powered by Marked )
  13. MathJax support ( powered by MathJax ) for Markdown
  14. Katex support ( powered by Katex ) for Markdown
  15. Diagramming and charting support ( powered by Mermaid ) for Markdown
  16. Source code syntax-highlighting ( powered by highlight.js )
  17. Html2md conversion for pasting html into md contents ( powered by Turndown )
  18. Html2pdf conversion for exporting contents as PDF documents ( powered by html2pdf )
  19. Webpage/snippets capturing with WebCollect
  20. Item links and hyperlinks
  21. Auto-save and auto-index
  22. Full text searchable by keywords
  23. Support of database files uploading, downloading, cloning, deleting, undeleting etc.
  24. Support of password-protected databases
  25. And more ...

Download

To download the evaluation version of Mybase Desktop for a trial, please viist the download site.