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Windows 64-bit installer
ThePlanMinder V1R14B106
Release date: 2021-08-18
Includes Demo version and Free Tier Mode. Release notes.
macOS 64-bit installer
ThePlanMinder V1R14B106
Release date: 2021-08-18
Includes Demo version and Free Tier Mode. Release notes.
* The Demo works right out of the box, but to start planning your team needs to set up a database. Read more here, with step by step instructions on how to set up a free trial server on DigitalOcean or AWS.
Not using Windows or Mac? You can use The PlanMinder Online gateway to report work, update estimates and other common tasks from any device with a web browser.
Updating databas schema? Read these notes about updating database tables, as is required between release 29 and release 30.
The PlanMinder uses these open source libraries.
Download The PlanMinder by clicking the download button. Then run it.
On Windows a User Account Control dialog box will pop up, asking you if you want to allow the installer to make changes to your device. You can verify that it has been signed by Auspicia AB, and click Yes to allow the installer to continue.
On macOS, the installer will take you through a few steps before the operating system asks you to confirm, and the actual installation begins.
The PlanMinder includes a demo version. At the bottom of the login screen you see when starting The PlanMinder, is a Start Demo button.
The Demo uses a local database with some example projects, designed to illustrate different aspects of The PlanMinder. You can create new projects, play around with the existing ones, look at project reports and history, report work, change priorities and estimations, and test most aspects of the The PlanMinder. By necessity there are a few things you will not be able to do in the demo version, like change advanced settings and create new users.
The next time you launch the demo you can continue from where you left off, or reset the database to its pristine state.
After installing the next step is to connect to a database. If someone has already set up a database for your team you enter the connection information. If you were sent a connection link clicking it will start The PlanMinder with connection information entered, missing only your password. (Note: Links only works on Windows.)
You can also copy the login link and use the paste button in the form.
If you wish you can let Windows or macOS remember your password by checking the Remember Password checkbox
If you do not already have a database, you need to set up a PostgreSQL server. You can read how to do that in The PlanMinder is a self hosted service. Using one of our guides to set up a database on a cloud service will have you up and running in minutes.
You may also want to read this guide how to set up The PlanMinder for your organization.
Some new features require additional information to be stored in the database. This is the case with Release 30, which increases the database format version from 4 to 5.
The database schema is updated when you log in with the Service Login in the new version of The PlanMinder. You will be asked if you want to update the tables. The update is completed before the login process finishes.
All users must use a version compatible with the current database format version. If you try to log in with a version that is too old, a version-mismatch dialog box will appear, giving you the option to update The PlanMinder to a compatible release. Users who are already logged in will be notified that the database has been updated and asked to restart The PlanMinder.
The database format version corresponds to the second number in the four-number version identifier. There is no easy way to undo a database schema update.
Upgrade prompt example.
Click to list available older versions of The PlanMinder.
This is the last releases compatible with format version 4 databases.
This is the last release of V1 software, compatible with format version 3 databases.
Windows 64-bit installer