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Re: Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker

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Post by darkwater »

yard2010 wrote: post #14
darkwater wrote: post #7

I'm using it (with the hosted service and app installed from f-droid) and we'll, the UI could be improved. Bigger issue is that there is no way to know in which series you are at the moment? Is the 3rd? The 4th? The 5th? Also the timer between series stops working if you put wger in the foreground (I disabled all the battery optimizations etc for it in Android 15 on a Pixel 6a). Also some features are just in the web…

Have you considered sending a PR? :)

Yes I did, but I'm not very skilled with mobile development and I don't want to take time from the gym ;) Anyway I'm going to have a few spare days in the near future, I might try

Re: Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

remram wrote: post #33
31337Logic wrote: post #6

Neat project, thanks! But, I gotta ask... what does the "L" in FLOSS stand for? :-) (I've only ever heard of FOSS.)

The "F" (free), "L" (libre), and "OS" (open source) all mean the same thing, the acronym is just meant to make extra-sure to include all the ways people refer to that kind of software (last "S).

They absolutely do NOT mean the same thing.

There is open source software that requires payment to obtain.

There is open source software that you are not free to do whatever you want with (non-libre)

There is software available at no cost which is neither open source or libre.

Just about every permutation of these 3 concepts has some actual example in the real world. Please do not promote the idea that they are in any way synonyms.

Re: Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker

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Post by gchamonlive »

neilv wrote: post #40

This app seems to require a server. Invoke the app, and it presents a login screen, with links to "register" and to "use custom server". I suppose an alternative design would be to be on-device storage first, and then have an optional sync to a server (or laptop/desktop).

Normally when talking about fitness tracking we are talking about embedded systems with very limited capacity both in terms of compute power and storage. You can use on-device storage to buffer tracking data, but any relevant and long term assessment and storage of the data has to be done off-site.

Re: Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker

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Post by [deleted] »

timmg wrote: post #17

Is there a missing "product" for [easy] "self-hosting" in the cloud? (Or does it exist? Or will it only apply to a narrow kind of user?) Like I think there should be some way to "one-button-click" install "self-hosted" apps in the cloud, tied to my personal account (and maybe with auth tied to that account). And I pay the usage fees for the cloud (hopefully on a per-request kind of basis, not an always-on server inst…

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Re: Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker

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Post by jasode »

febusravenga wrote: post #38
myself248 wrote: post #13

Stepping back a bit, we used to call these "programs". Why are they now "hosted"? I see this with recipe databases, fitness trackers, all sorts of things that have no reason to ever leave my laptop except when my backup job runs. What's the advantage of having the server and data on some device other than the one I'm using to interact with it?

100% agree All replies focus on "service" or cloud-in-general is needed to implement sync between devices. Why we don't have "own" sync-my-files as-service that can be connected to many apps? I would prefer this one (in all incarnations - desktop/mobile/watch) to be just apps, but connected to something like "folder in dropbox" or "folder in gdrive" ... My cloud my choice. Their program my data (here or in my cloud).…

>apps, but connected to something like "folder in dropbox" or "folder in gdrive" ...

That's the opposite of gp's question of: >no reason to ever leave my laptop [...] What's the advantage [...] data on some device other than the one I'm using to interact with it?

Gp was wondering why the data can't remain local to that device [i.e. laptop]. Proposing "choose-your-own-cloud-service" like DropBox and Google Drive contradicts that.

Re: Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

myself248 wrote: post #13

Stepping back a bit, we used to call these "programs". Why are they now "hosted"? I see this with recipe databases, fitness trackers, all sorts of things that have no reason to ever leave my laptop except when my backup job runs. What's the advantage of having the server and data on some device other than the one I'm using to interact with it?

> What's the advantage of having the server and data on some device other than the one I'm using to interact with it?

Mostly that many people have more than 1 computer these days: a small one that just about fits in the palm of their hand, and a larger one that stays in a room.

This means that most people are instantly operating within the realm of "distributed computing", and one of the fundamental approaches to that sort of thing is to allow one of the computers to both provide and accept data to/from the other.

Of course, if you have an application that will only ever be used on a single computing device, and whose data has no utility anywhere else, there's no need for the data to be able to move to/from a server. Such applications do exist, but so do many, many more where the ability to view and modify the data on different devices in different locations is desirable, even when there's just a single user involved.

Re: Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker

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Post by AiAi »

I tried to use it but I found the UI/UX confusing, with many exercises lacking images too. I support the idea but the workflow was not for me.

I settled with Iron for iOS, which is also free software despite the platform it runs. Still looking for an equivalent on Android, the LiftLog app seems to have potential, but I think the UI is not that great.

Re: Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker

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Post by amonon »

AiAi wrote: post #47

I tried to use it but I found the UI/UX confusing, with many exercises lacking images too. I support the idea but the workflow was not for me. I settled with Iron for iOS, which is also free software despite the platform it runs. Still looking for an equivalent on Android, the LiftLog app seems to have potential, but I think the UI is not that great.

I like Liftosaur, which appears to have an Android version on the Play store.

Re: Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker

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Post by AlienRobot »

neilv wrote: post #40

This app seems to require a server. Invoke the app, and it presents a login screen, with links to "register" and to "use custom server". I suppose an alternative design would be to be on-device storage first, and then have an optional sync to a server (or laptop/desktop).

Seems relevant to the blog post I just read yesterday!

https://raphael.lullis.net/thinking-heads-are-not-in-the-clo...

Re: Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker

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Post by fiftyacorn »

ugurs wrote: post #18

Are there any privacy-friendly wearables in the fitness tech scene? It seems like most wearable gadgets send data to remote servers, whenever possible.

Depends which sport - but golden cheetah lets you link a range of apps to your PC and store locally
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