Simple & Intuitive
No complicated setup or learning curve. Start organizing your items in minutes, not hours. Everything is designed with home users in mind.
Homebox
A simple home inventory management software
100%
Open Source
<50MB
Memory Usage
No Cost
Forever Free
Self-Hosted
Full Control
What Is Homebox?
Section titled “What Is Homebox?”Homebox is the inventory and organization system built for the Home User! With a focus on simplicity and ease of use, Homebox is the perfect solution for your home inventory, organization, and management needs.
Why Choose Homebox?
Section titled “Why Choose Homebox?”Blazingly Fast
Built in Go with minimal resource usage. Runs efficiently even on modest hardware, using less than 50MB of memory at idle.
Complete Privacy
Self-hosted on your own infrastructure. Your data stays yours. No cloud sync, no third-party access, no surprise price increases.
Portable
Deploy anywhere - Docker, bare metal, or any platform. Use SQLite for simplicity or Postgres for larger installations. Full backup compatibility.
Multi-Collection Support
Manage multiple separate inventories within one instance. Perfect for tracking items across different groups, households, or locations.
Smart Organization
Templates for consistency, labels for organization, locations for hierarchy. Everything you need to keep things tidy and searchable.
What You Can Do With Homebox
Section titled “What You Can Do With Homebox”Core Features
Section titled “Core Features”- Track Everything – Add items with custom fields, photos, serial numbers, and metadata
- Location Tracking – Organize items by location with visual hierarchy
- Smart Search – Quickly find items with powerful search and filtering
- Item Templates – Create reusable templates with default fields and values
- Label Management – Tag and organize items with flexible labels
- QR Codes – Generate QR codes for quick item lookup
- Bill of Materials – Export comprehensive BOMs for your inventory
Power User Features
Section titled “Power User Features”- OIDC SSO – Integrate with your existing identity provider (Active Directory, Okta, etc.)
- Multi-User Support – Share collections with family, colleagues, or roommates
- Import/Export - CSV support for bulk operations
- API – Full REST API for integrations and automation
- Health Checks - Built-in health endpoints for monitoring
Why Not Use Something Else?
Section titled “Why Not Use Something Else?”Spreadsheet
Section titled “Spreadsheet”Spreadsheets work fine for small inventories but become unwieldy with lots of data. You lose out on search capabilities, can’t easily attach photos or documents, and sharing becomes complicated. Spreadsheets also don’t support features like location hierarchies, templates, or QR codes.
Snipe-IT
Section titled “Snipe-IT”Snipe-IT is enterprise-grade IT asset management – fantastic if you’re managing hundreds of IT devices across an organization. But for home users, it’s overkill. You’ll spend more time configuring than organizing. HomeBox is purpose-built for home users: simpler, faster, and designed for the way you actually manage your stuff.