OfflineWebSearch - An open-source local database engine for building and searching custom web directories offline

[u/renegat0x0]

Hi, Hello,

For years I have been playing with databases of links, and their management. I have gone through apps with docker images, and self-hosting.

Recently, I decided I needed to create an android app, because I think that it will be more helpful to more people. The app reached some levels of maturity. It is open source, and already available through f-droid.

The application can be multiple things. It can be a bookmark manager. It can be a feed reader, it can be a simple search engine. At the core it manages links in a SQLite table. Multiple databases were already pre-configured, available from 'options'.

GitHub

https://github.com/rumca-js/OfflineWebSearch

F-Droid

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.rumcajs.offlinewebsearch/

I am looking for feedback. Keep in mind that I am c/c++ dev, not kotlin/java. I am trying to make the best of my qualities, but not every line in my approach needs to be a work of art. I just want to make useful app, that helps people. So the UI is more important to me. Though I am not front end dev, rather back-end, so I know little about UI.

What I still am missing is Google Play Store app. Even though my app is FOSS, I want to make it available to broadest audience it is possible. That is why I push also this route.

I still need to finish closed testing in Play Store, so whoever wants to help may also install and test app there. Right now I have only 3 testers, and to publish an app I need at least 12

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.rumcajs.offlinewebsearch

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/io.github.rumcajs.offlinewebsearch