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Symphytum
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![logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giowck/symphytum/master/stuff/logo/symphytum_64.png "Symphytum")
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# Symphytum
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Symphytum is a personal database software for everyone who desires to manage and organize data in an easy and intuitive way, without having to study complex database languages and software user interfaces.
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Symphytum is a personal database software for everyone who desires to manage and organize data in an easy and intuitive way, without having to study complex database languages and software user interfaces.
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**Table of Contents**
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* [Introduction](#introduction)
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* [Features](#features)
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* [How it Looks](#how-it-looks)
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* [Wiki and User Guide](#wiki-and-user-guide)
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* [Download](#download)
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* [Windows](#windows)
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* [Installer](#installer)
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* [Portable ZIP Archive](#portable-zip-archive)
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* [macOS](#macos)
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* [Linux](#linux)
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* [Ubuntu Based](#ubuntu-based)
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* [Arch Linux Based](#arch-linux-based)
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* [AppImage](#appimage)
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* [Snap](#snap)
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* [Build from Source](#build-from-source)
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* [Contribute](#contribute)
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* [License](#license)
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* [Donate](#donate)
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For more information and downloads, visit the official [project site](http://giowck.github.io/symphytum/).
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## Introduction
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Symphytum is a free and open-source personal database software written in C++ and Qt for Windows, macOS and Linux. Design and edit simple databases in a visual and intuitive way, without any need to study complex database languages. Symphytum is directed at users who just want to organize data in custom designed collections without giving up advantages of database engines like fast loading speed, large data set handling, fast searching, sorting and more.
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Manage all kind of data ranging from contacts, inventory, any type of collection, customers and so on. There are limitations though, Symphytum is not able to handle relational data and automatic field calculations yet.
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Code
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This is the official code repository for the Symphytum project.
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Symphytum is able to synchronise your data through different cloud services like Dropbox or MEGA. It can detect and handle sync conflicts in case multiple user are using the same database via a supported cloud service.
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##### Build Instructions #####
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Unpack archive
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`cd symphytum`
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`qmake -config release`
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`make`
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Technically Symphytum is powered by the SQLite database engine, which is the leading embedded database solution, used in many mobile apps and modern computer programs, like web browsers, media players and email clients.
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SQLite is tiny, efficient and very fast. It can handle huge amount of data while being highly resistant to data corruption.
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See doc/deployment/ and stuff/installers/ for further information on dependencies and deployment.
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### Features
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* **Fields Are Not Just Text**. Design your input forms with support for different data types: text, numeric, date, progress, image, file list, checkbox, combobox, etc.
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* **Two Views On The Same Data**. Use the form view for structured data input and representation, use the table-like view for searching, sorting and comparing.
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* **Dynamic Layout Engine**. Rearrange dynamically your database layout by drag and drop in form view.
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* **Integrated Cloud Sync**. Using Symphytum across multiple computers is a joy. Your data is always automatically synchronised everywhere. Drivers for cloud services such as Dropbox and MEGA are included.
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* **Sync Conflict Management**. Symphytum manages synchronisation conflicts for you. While only one session with write access is allowed at the same time, other computers may access the database in read-only mode during an open session.
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* **Date Reminder**. Date fields keep you informed on tasks, appointments or birthdays, if requested. All Reminders, once triggered, are listed in one place.
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* **Fast Search**. Search while typing with highlighted results in a table view.
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* **Backup and Export**. Backup your data with a simple backup wizard and export your data to CSV.
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Origin And License
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### How it Looks
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Some screenshots showing the form view, table view, dynamic layout engine and the field addition dialog.
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Symphytum became open source software after the original founder company, GIOWISYS Software UG, announced its liquidation.
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The software is now licensed under the BSD license.
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Contributions are welcome.
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![form_view_img](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giowck/symphytum/master/stuff/screenshots/mainwindow.png "Form view")
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![table_view_img](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giowck/symphytum/master/stuff/screenshots/tablieview.png "Table view")
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![dynamic_layout_img](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giowck/symphytum/master/stuff/screenshots/dynamic_layout.gif "Dynamic layout engine")
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Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Symphytum Developers
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![add_field_img](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giowck/symphytum/master/stuff/screenshots/addfield.png "Add field")
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### Wiki and User Guide
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Please visit the [project wiki](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/wiki) for additional information and an user guide.
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## Download
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Please see the appropriate download section for your operating system below.
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General releases, source archives and other info can be found on the [releases](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/releases) page. Thank you for downloading Symphytum, please consider a small [donation](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/blob/master/doc/donate.md) if you like it.
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### Windows
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For Windows 7, 8 and 10 32 or 64 bit
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#### Installer
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Download the Windows installer [symphytum-2.4-setup.exe](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/releases/download/v2.4/symphytum-2.4-setup.exe)
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#### Portable ZIP Archive
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A portable ZIP for Windows is just a ZIP archive that, once extracted, can be moved and launched on any machine. The personal data is contained inside the folder alongside the main executable (symphytum.exe).
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Download [Symphytum-windows-portable.zip](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/releases/download/v2.4/Symphytum-windows-portable.zip)
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For macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) and later, 64bit
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Download [symphytum-2.4.dmg](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/releases/download/v2.4/symphytum-2.4.dmg)
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For GNU/Linux, 64 bit. The AppImage should run on most linux machines, choose that if unsure.
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Ubuntu 18.04 and other derivatives such as Linux Mint, elementaryOS and other.
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Download [symphytum-2.4-x86_64.deb](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/releases/download/v2.4/symphytum-2.4-x86_64.deb)
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Arch Linux and derivatives like Manjaro can install Symphytum from the Arch User Repository (AUR).
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[Symphytum AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/symphytum/)
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#### AppImage
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An [AppImage](https://appimage.org/) is a self containing executable which should run on most common modern Linux distributions. For more info on how to make the downloaded image executable, please visit [this page](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-to-make-an-appimage-executable/80). To improve the system integration of the AppImage, please visit the [AppImage Wiki](https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/wiki).
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Download [Symphytum-x86_64.AppImage](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/releases/download/v2.4/Symphytum-x86_64.AppImage)
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A [Snap package](https://snapcraft.io/) is a new self containing distribution format, supposed to work on most Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora, etc). The technology is still young with some limitations.
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[Symphytum on the Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/symphytum). The snap file can also be downloaded manually from the [releases](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/releases) page.
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cd symphytum
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See [doc/deployment/](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/tree/master/doc/deployment) and [stuff/installers/](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/tree/master/stuff/installers) for further information on dependencies and deployment. More detailed instructions will be published to the [project wiki](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/wiki).
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## Contribute
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Report an issue, bug or feature proposal at the [project's issue tracker](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/issues). For additional ways to contribute such as writing code, translating Symphytum and more please visit the [project wiki](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/wiki).
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## License
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Symphytum is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause License, see [LICENSE](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/blob/master/LICENSE).
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You can use Symphytum for free and for any purprose.
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If you find Symphytum useful. please consider [donating](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum/blob/master/doc/donate.md) to support this project, thanks.
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Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Symphytum Developers

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Symphytum Update
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# Symphytum Update
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## New Version: 2.4
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A new software version is available.
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Updating Symphytum is save, all your data and files won't be deleted or altered. Please **create a backup (File->Backup) before upgrading** to be on the safe side.
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Updating Symphytum is save, all your data and files won't be deleted or altered.
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- Ability to select font style for form view in settings, issue #70
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- Toolbar button to lock the form view to prevent unwanted field movements, issue #62
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- Reorder collections in the collections list by context menu (right mouse button click), issue #69
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- French translation added, thanks to Yann Yvinec
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- Show info on Windows to restart after background color change, issue #66
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- Allow minimum date as low as 100.01.01 and display empty values on form view for unset dates
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- Add original directory import path for file type fields, issue #57
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- Show an info dialog after a successful software upgrade
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If you use the MEGA cloud service integration, please make sure to update your installed MEGAcmd version to 1.0.0, which is done automatically with the Windows installer if MEGAcmd checkbox is selected during install, other operating systems must update manually.
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You can download MEGAcmd 1.0.0 from [https://mega.nz/cmd](https://mega.nz/cmd).
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Version 2.4 **upgrades the internal database format** to a new version (v3), making it incompatible with older versions. Your database schema will be automatically upgraded during the first start. Older software versions using the cloud sync will show a warning about incompatible database versions recommending to upgrade the software version to resolve the issue.
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Please visit the [download section](https://github.com/giowck/symphytum#download) on the main page and download the appropriate executable for your operating system. The software will detect and upgrade automatically the inernal database structure, if required, on first launch.
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**Windows portable**: to update your windows portable folder, just copy the `portable_data` folder over to the new portable folder (once extracted).

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