HomeBox | Homebox
A simple home inventory management software
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Homebox is an open-source, self-hosted inventory and organization system designed for home users, emphasizing simplicity, speed, privacy, and portability.
🚀 Overview
Homebox is a straightforward tool to catalog and manage your home inventory, from tools in the garage to appliances in the kitchen. It lets you add items with photos, custom fields, locations, labels, and more, all in a fast, intuitive web interface that runs on your own server.
It replaces messy spreadsheets that can't handle images, hierarchies, or sharing, and avoids bloated enterprise software like Snipe-IT that's overkill for personal use.
- What problem does this project solve? Managing home possessions becomes chaotic without proper tracking—Homebox makes it easy to find, organize, and maintain inventory with search, QR codes, and exports.
- Who is it built for? Home users, families, and self-hosters who want a private, no-frills inventory app.
- Why did you build it? The original creator, Hayden Kotelman (hay-kot), built it to provide a simple, home-focused inventory system missing from spreadsheets and pro tools; now continued actively by the community to keep it evolving.
✨ Key Features
- Track Everything: Add items with custom fields, photos, serial numbers, and metadata (essential for quick identification and records).
- Location Tracking: Organize items hierarchically by rooms, boxes, or shelves with visual trees.
- Smart Search: Powerful full-text search and filtering to find anything instantly.
- Item Templates & Labels: Reuse setups for similar items and tag for better organization.
- QR Codes & BOM Export: Scan for lookup and generate bills of materials.
- Power features: Multi-user support, OIDC SSO, CSV import/export, REST API, health checks.
- Optional: Nightly builds with latest features.
🛠 Tech Stack
- Frontend: Vue.js, TypeScript, CSS
- Backend: Go
- Database: SQLite (default), PostgreSQL
- Auth: Built-in users, OIDC SSO
- Hosting: Self-hosted via Docker, bare metal
👥 Who Is This For?
This project is useful for:
- Home users who want to organize household items without spreadsheets
- Families looking for shared, private inventory tracking
- Self-hosters building a personal asset management system
📸 Screenshots / Demo
- Live demo: https://demo.homebox.software
- GitHub: https://github.com/sysadminsmedia/homebox
🔥 Project Status
- 🟢 Actively building
Last updated: 2026-03-24
❓ FAQ
Is this project free?
Yes — Open Source under AGPL-3.0, self-hosted with no costs. (Explain briefly.)
Is the source code available?
Yes — https://github.com/sysadminsmedia/homebox (continuation of original hay-kot/homebox)
Can I contribute?
Yes — Report bugs via issues, submit pull requests, or join discussions on GitHub. 290+ contributors already!
📬 Contact & Links
- Website: https://homebox.software
- GitHub: https://github.com/sysadminsmedia/homebox
- Twitter/X: N/A
- Email: Via GitHub issues
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