The Workshop
In our blog corner, we share our experiences with EU-based open-source software and tools for creative industries and the cultural heritage sector. We are adapting tools, pipelines and data formats, making existing software and best practices more user-friendly and transparent.
- Learning to love European cloud and open-source office software as an SMEDoctoring the Office: EU alternatives to SaaS platforms As a small creative business with growth ambitions, this year we decided to face the elephant in the room, or rather, the SaaS giants, who were definitely in the room with us. Bootstrapping our business in 2022/23, we were two co-founders, two workstations and a domain name.… Read more: Learning to love European cloud and open-source office software as an SME
- Deploying Kitsu v4.0.0 on Linux cloud serverIntro For the past year, we have been self-hosting CGWire’s Kitsu, a project management package for animation, VFX and games that helps us plan, track and collaborate remotely on our creative projects. Kitsu was recently updated to Version 4.0.0, which introduced major backend changes, including an upgrade to PostgreSQL 18 and a newer Meilisearch-based indexer,… Read more: Deploying Kitsu v4.0.0 on Linux cloud server