# BigProf Software – AppGini Platform

> BigProf Software builds AppGini, a Windows-based no‑code tool for creating secure, self‑hosted PHP/MySQL web database applications. This llms.txt highlights core product pages, documentation, plugins, and open‑source sample apps to help LLMs answer questions about AppGini’s capabilities, configuration, and ecosystem.

AppGini lets non‑developers design database schemas, generate responsive multi‑user web apps, and deploy them to any standard LAMP/WAMP/MAMP stack. Key topics covered below include project files, table configuration, user groups and record ownership, input types, localization, date/time defaults, LDAP authentication, backup/restore, data import/export, commercial plugins, and real‑world example applications.

## Core product overview

- [BigProf Software – Home](https://bigprof.com/): Company homepage describing BigProf’s focus on affordable, self‑hosted no‑code data tools for small businesses, centered around AppGini and its plugins.
- [AppGini – Web Database Applications Builder](https://bigprof.com/appgini/): Main product page explaining how to design, generate, and deploy secure PHP/MySQL web database applications without coding, including key features, example use cases, testimonials, pricing overview, and system requirements.

## AppGini projects and table configuration

- [AppGini projects – Concepts and .axp files](https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/working-with-projects/): Explains what an AppGini project is, how to start new projects, use the project window, save/open `.axp` project files, and generate PHP application code.
- [Table properties pane](https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/working-with-projects/table-properties-pane/): Details all table‑level settings such as view titles, descriptions, records per page, sorting, filters, CSV export, print view, mass delete, table groups, templates, detail view options, parent/children settings, and technical documentation notes.

## Users, collaboration, and record ownership

- [Collaboration and multi‑user support](https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/application-features/collaboration-multi-users/): Describes user groups, default Admins/anonymous groups, granular table permissions (view/add/edit/delete/import), signup/approval flows, and how record ownership and owner groups affect access.
- [Record owners – Child owner = parent owner](https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/record-owners/): Shows how to configure child tables so their records automatically inherit the owner of a parent record via lookup fields, and how to bulk‑fix existing record owners with the “Fix record owners” utility.

## Dates, times, and localization

- [Date and datetime offsets](https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/application-features/date-datetime-offsets/): Documents default values for `date`/`datetime` fields using fixed values or relative offsets (days, seconds, minutes, hours), including exact‑minute/hour/day alignment syntax like `+1h0` or `+1d0`.
- [Internationalization (i18n) and localization](https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/application-features/i18n-internationalization/): Explains how to localize the UI via `language.php`, use the built‑in translation tool, handle fallback to English, enable RTL themes, and localize captions, detail view titles, table group titles, application title, and child‑table tab titles; also covers accessing translations via `$Translation` in PHP and `AppGini.Translate._map` in JavaScript.
- [Input types supported by AppGini](https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/application-features/input-types/): Lists all supported form controls (textbox, textarea, rich HTML editor, checkbox, radio buttons, drop‑down lists, multi‑select, date/datetime/time pickers, file and image uploads, Google Map, YouTube video, and read‑only fields), and how to configure them via field data types and media/options settings.

## Authentication, logic, and data management

- [LDAP authentication](https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/ldap-authentication/): Documentation for integrating LDAP authentication into AppGini apps so users can sign in with directory credentials instead of local accounts.
- [Calculated fields](https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/calculated-fields/): Explains how to define calculated fields whose values are derived from other fields, typically via SQL expressions or hooks, to avoid manual data duplication.
- [Database backup and restore](https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/application-features/database-backup-restore/): Guides admins through backing up and restoring the underlying MySQL/MariaDB database used by AppGini applications.
- [Importing and exporting data](https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/application-features/importing-exporting-data/): Describes CSV import/export features in generated apps, including permissions, formats, and typical workflows for moving data in and out of AppGini tables.

## AppGini plugins

- [Summary Reports plugin](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/summary-reports-plugin): Adds configurable summary and aggregate reports to AppGini apps so users can visualize trends and “big picture” metrics from their data.
- [Search Page Maker plugin](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/search-page-maker-plugin): Lets you build powerful, user‑friendly search pages by drag‑and‑dropping fields, providing advanced filter UIs on top of AppGini tables.
- [DataTalk plugin](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/datatalk-plugin): Enables natural‑language querying of the AppGini database, allowing users to ask questions instead of writing SQL.
- [Calendar plugin](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/calendar-plugin): Displays records with date/time fields on an interactive calendar, supports creating and editing time‑based entries directly in calendar views.
- [Messages plugin](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/messages-plugin): Provides an internal, webmail‑style messaging system for users/groups inside an AppGini app, avoiding external email and spam while giving admins control over who can communicate.
- [Mass Update plugin](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/mass-update-plugin): Streamlines applying the same change to many records at once (e.g., statuses, payments, priorities) to boost daily workflow efficiency.
- [Bizzworxx Inline Detail‑View Plugin](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/bizzworxx-inline-dv): Shows a record’s detail view inline within the table view so users can review and edit data more efficiently.
- [Bizzworxx AppGini Helper JS Library](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/bizzworxx-appgini-helper-js-lib): A JavaScript helper library that exposes simple one‑line UI customization helpers for AppGini apps, making front‑end tweaks faster and easier.

## Open source example applications built with AppGini

- [Online Rental Property Manager (ORPM)](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/online-rental-property-manager): Open‑source rental property management app for handling landlords, properties, units, applications, leases, tenants, and related data; fully customizable via AppGini.
- [Online Inventory Manager](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/online-inventory-manager): Example inventory management system for tracking stock levels, products, suppliers, and orders, generated with AppGini and intended as a customizable starting point.
- [Online Training Center Manager](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/online-training-center-manager): Training center management app for tracking trainees, instructors, courses, labs, and printing training certificates.
- [Resources Utilization Chart Viewer](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/resources-utilization-chart-viewer): RUView application for visualizing resource utilization over time, showing who is working on what and when in a consolidated chart.
- [Online Clinic Management System](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/online-clinic-management-system): Example healthcare/clinic management application that demonstrates how to manage patients, appointments, and clinical data using an AppGini‑generated app.

## User testimonials and reviews

- [AppGini user stories and feedback](https://bigprof.com/appgini/applications/online-clinic-management-system): Example app page that also reflects real‑world usage patterns and can be combined with testimonials on the main AppGini product page to illustrate how customers use AppGini in production.

## Pricing and licensing

- [AppGini Pricing](https://bigprof.com/appgini/pricing): Details the Free Edition and Pro Lifetime License, including limits of the free version, one‑time pricing for AppGini Pro, available plugin bundles, upgrade policy, and educational/non‑profit discounts.