{"id":241367,"date":"2022-11-01T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prominic.net\/?p=241367"},"modified":"2023-08-01T11:49:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T11:49:24","slug":"first-look-at-the-genesis-catalog-the-app-store-for-domino-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.prominic.net\/first-look-at-the-genesis-catalog-the-app-store-for-domino-software\/","title":{"rendered":"First look at the Genesis Catalog – the App Store for Domino software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During Collabsphere 2022<\/a>, Prominic\u2019s CTO Justin Hill<\/strong> presented a new tool we\u2019ve made at Prominic that is not only very useful but also has a great potential: Genesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Genesis?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Genesis<\/strong> <\/a>is a directory catalog, an App Store that can be used with Domino 9 and above. It\u2019s free and open-source, it can manage private or public catalogs and the vendors retain all licensing and financial roles. It can be used for open source software distribution as well as commercial one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genesis was born from the need of an end user application discovery for the Domino ecosystem. While security is one of Domino\u2019s most important strengths it has been prioritized too much over the ease of install. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genesis can be used as a public repository as well as a private one for apps that you want to distribute only to your servers and want a scripted and easy install process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is Genesis new?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If we go back to 2000, when the Lotus Business Partner Catalog was in use, it helped the community learn about different solutions and that effect of getting to know what is new application wise is something that we need nowadays as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been some attempts of getting a catalog app up and running like Maysoft\u2019s JustForDomino.com, but it did not distribute and automate software installation which is something Genesis is trying to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why was Genesis created?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

App Stores are a must these days especially since everybody uses a mobile phone now and not just for calls but to manage work and life issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The use of mobile phones increased exponentially with the introduction of the App Store. One reason for that happening is that it became easier to install software on your devices, mobile or computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say, the Domino community needed an app catalog so Prominic has been working for the past year into making it happen. We needed it for our own purposes and it\u2019s available for anyone because we would like to see this becoming a standard for Domino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year during the CollabSphere conference we presented MFA for Domino<\/strong><\/a>, which has been the inspiration for a lot of the work we did with Genesis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s main features are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n