Running a standalone app
A standalone app is a self-contained ZIP you can run on a laptop, an office PC or your own server. It arrives ready to go: a compiled web interface, a small program to run it, and the app's data in one local SQLite file. The person running it (the standalone app operator) builds nothing — no git, no npm.
Quick start — unzip the file, then in that folder:
python -m pip install -r requirements.txtpython run.py— then openhttp://127.0.0.1:8000in your browser.- Need a different address or port?
PORT=9000 HOST=0.0.0.0 python run.py.
Who can sign in. A standalone app never registers new accounts, so it stays exactly as private as the day you published it. Everyone who had access at export time is already in, and signs in with the same email and password. Password reset isn't available in a standalone app — use Change password after signing in.
Optional Google integrations. Set
GOOGLE_AUTH_CLIENT_ID to show "Sign in with Google", and GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID plus GOOGLE_API_KEY for Sheets import and export. Each is read when the standalone app starts — no rebuild — and each needs the standalone app's address authorized in Google Cloud Console. The Google account must already exist in the standalone app.Data & backups. Everything lives beside
run.py: records in a local app.db file, attachments in the data/ folder. Copy those two somewhere safe on a schedule and you can always recover your records.