Data Crow is the ultimate media cataloger and media organiser. Always wanted to manage all your collections in one product? You want a product you can customize to your needs? Your search ends here! Using Data Crow allows you to create a huge database containing all your collectables. You can use the excellent online services to retrieve the information instead of typing all the information yourself. Data Crow has a modular setup allowing it to be extended with user created collection modules.

Data Crow is 100% free and 100% free of ads, viruses and spyware.
Data Crow runs on any system where Java 1.6 (or higher) from Oracle is installed.

Data Crow has been developed by me, Robert Jan van der Waals. I started this project for my own collections. In the years that followed I have made it available to the public, have expanded the functionality significantly while delivering the software for free. The project is hosted, for free, on Sourceforge.net.

The benefit for me to have this project hosted on Sourceforge.net is that it will allow the users, yes you, to make feature requests, visit the forums, report bugs and download new releases.

• Data Crow Windows Installer
• Data Crow Other OS Installer
• Data Crow: Unpack and Run
• Java - External Site
• Data Crow Source Code
• Create Module Guide
• Developer Guide

Data Crow is 100 per cent free. I rely on donations to cover my costs, such as hosting fees, tools, books, licenses and hardware. Additionally I use it for fun stuff which is not necessarily Data Crow related ツ. This project is not donation driven, meaning I will still release new versions regardless of the donations made (maybe slightly less motivated in case of zero donations ツ). Below you find an overview of the donations made, this month and in the past 3 months:

• February
• March
• April
• May
• € 29,00
• € 30,00
• € 40,00
• € 55,00

A big thanks to all contributors! The total for 2013 so far is: € 304,00.

Last updated on May 18th, 2013.

I hope you enjoy using Data Crow. In case you want to make a donation you can use one of the buttons below. Donations can be made via Paypal. In case you want your donation to be visible to the public I suggest you use the Sourceforge.net donation method.

Below you'll find random screenshots of Data Crow.

23 May 2013 - Data Crow 3.10.1

• Important bug fixes for the online search functionality and the mass update functionality. See the changelog for more information (text file, opens in a new window).

18 May 2013 - Next week's project of the week project on Sourceforge.net: Data Crow

• I have been notified that Data Crow will be project of the week, next week. This means Data Crow will be listed on the frontpage of Sourgeforge.net. Great!

18 May 2013 - Data Crow 3.10

• This release mainly focuses on the help file, which has been greatly improved. During the writing of the help file the discovered issues have been fixed. Small improvements to the GUI have been made to improve the experience in using Data Crow. This is the first release since a long time having a completely up to date help. Note that the help is still only available in English; translators are, very, welcome to help out...
  
  Special thanks to mrpenguin007 for the updated German translation! Find his module development page here.

12 May 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.26 has been released

• Went through the product and saw areas needing some attention. This release contains small changes as well as bug fixes. The fixes are for the module import and export processes. The changes are costmetic for the most part. When starting the new version you most likely will get a message saying there are new resources / language files available. This is because Data Crow now checks whether the installation folder holds newer files then the user folder. You can choose to leave everything as is or to update the user folder with the new files.

10 May 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.25 has been released

• A small release to fix issues as reported to me by email. One is a problem in the loan administration panel where the title of the item is not displayed. The second issue is another upgrade issue from old versions. Additionally I discovered performance issues with the table view. Then I took another look at the new module bar and thought it could do with a small adjustment.. so here we are, looking at another release package to download and install. I'll try and not release anything for the next couple of days, promise ;-).

9 May 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.24 has been released

• One more release! I have had some doubts about the version number for this one as I have changed the UI quite a bit. It's a first step to simplify the GUI (so I have kept it as a minor release for now). Let me know if you like it (or not!) on the forums. Of course there are bug fixes as well.

30 April 2013 - Website updated

• I have added some more information in the donation section. It now shows an overview of donations made in the past 4 months. Would it be a good idea to mention persons here as well? Let me know what you think. Oh and, also, I have fixed the contact form as listed at the bottom of this site.

30 April 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.23 has been released

• A wee bit earlier than I expected... Data Crow version 3.9.23 has seen the light. I had some time to spend today and worked through some of the outstanding issues and smaller improvements I wanted make. You can safely upgrade from version 3.9.22 or the older versions. Enjoy!

29 April 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.22 has been released

• Quite an important bug fix release. I have added fixes for the upgrade and am really hoping to have solved all the issues now. It will check on startup if anything has gone wrong.. Let me know if you are still having issues (or also if you are not :). Other smaller fixes have been added as well.
  
  I apologize for not having been too actively working on Data Crow. A new job and vacations have caused some disruptions and this will continue for the next couple of weeks. Releases for fixes will still arrive but other work is currently on hold.

10 February 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.21 has been released

• This release contains a fixes for the upgrade process as well as some other minor fixes. See the changelog for more information.

4 February 2013 - Development news

• Currently I am stabilizing Data Crow. You have seen numerous small versions being released over the past few days. This was all due to the two changes that were made; one was the upgrade of the database (engine) to the latest version which was not easy and two was to use a separate data folder (user folder). The latter caused lots of small problems but I am sure I have fixed the most of them. The best thing is that it allows you to share your data crow data with other installations on the network. The second best thing is that I no longer have to write data into the installation folder which was becoming more and more of an issue on the Windows platforms (Microsoft actively denies changing files in the "C:\program files" folders).
  
  I am also busy with my secret side project; Data Crow on Android platforms. I hope I will have some more concrete news in the upcoming weeks. It is not part of the normal Data Crow project but it will allow you to run your modules and see your data on your Android phone or tablet. The initial version will be very basic (and cheap). It's going to be interesting!
  
  It does explain this better looking website a bit as well, doesn't it? :)

2 February 2013 - A new version: Data Crow 3.9.20

• This release contains a fix for the backup and restore process.

25 January 2013 - A new version: Data Crow 3.9.19

• This release contains fixes for issues caused by the upgrade of the database engine. Also issues have been fixed for users upgrading from version 3.8.16 and older. This release also delivers smaller changes.

21 January 2013 - New website has been released

• After years.. I have decided to change this website completely. It's simpler, has less text and more fancy stuff. I quite like it and hope you do to!

18 January 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.18 has been released

• Pfew, the changes I made took quite a number of releases. I hope to have it under control now. The backup and restore now works correct again. The issue with the upgrade of the database not working is mainly a security issue on the various platforms. The only solution is, when prompted, to run the command as stated in the message box from the command line / command prompt / terminal.

12 January 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.17 has been released

• Added a parameter (-userdir:) to indicate the user directory to use. This allows you to run multiple instances of Data Crow looking at different user folders. Additionally I have added small fixes for potential problems while defining a user folder within the current Data Crow installation folder.

11 January 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.16 has been released

• Linux fix for upgrades and a new feature. You can now select a user folder where all data is stored. This helps in avoiding the Windows problem of protected folders in the C:\Program Files\ folders as well as protected folders on other systems. On startup you will be asked to select the user folder. After selecting the folder Data Crow will migrate your data to this folder and will use this folder from then on. Please see the changelog for the details!

Data Crow's project page is hosted on Sourgeforge.net. Register at Sourceforge.net and you'll be able to log bug reports and change requests. This helps me in improving Data Crow of which you will benefit as well. You'll get automatic updates on tickets you created by email.

For more updates follow Data Crow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/data_crow

Forums are hosted on Sourceforge.net where you can post your questions or discuss any Data Crow related topic. Of course email is always an option too. Send me an email at info@datacrow.net.