HomeBox is a self-hosted inventory system focused on organizing items at home. It provides categories, storage locations, and item metadata so households can track what they own and where it is stored. HomeBox is lightweight and easy to deploy with Docker, making it a good fit for personal or family use. It can also serve small workshops that want simple inventory management.
- 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 BOMs for your inventory
- OIDC SSO – Integrate with your existing identity provider (Active Directory, Okta, etc.)
- Multi-User Support – Share collections with family, colleagues, or roommates
- Collections – Entirely separate and unique collections for different households/locations (New in v0.23.0!)
- User Management – Basic user management capabilities for collections (New in v0.23.0!)
- Import/Export – CSV support for bulk operations
- API – Full REST API for integrations and automation
- Health Checks – Built-in health endpoints for monitoring
- MQTT Client – Available in regular and rootless Docker containers for IoT integrations (New in v0.23.0!)
- Home inventory tracking
- Workshop tool management
- Personal asset organization
- Small business inventory
- Electronics component tracking
- Household organization
- Multi-family property management
- Separate collections for different locations (offices, vacation homes, etc.)
- Backend: Go
- Frontend: Vue.js/TypeScript
- Database: SQLite (default) or PostgreSQL
- Deployment: Docker, bare metal
- Memory Usage: Less than 50MB at idle
- Architecture: Supports ARM64, AMD64 (32-bit support removed in v0.23.0+)
- IoT Integration: MQTT client available in Docker containers (since v0.23.0)
- Latest: v0.23.1 (Released Feb 1, 2026)
- Stable: v0.23.1 (Recommended for production)
- Docker Images:
- Standard:
ghcr.io/sysadminsmedia/homebox:latest
- Rootless:
ghcr.io/sysadminsmedia/homebox:latest-rootless
- Hardened:
ghcr.io/sysadminsmedia/homebox:latest-hardened
- Important Note: As of v0.23.0, 32-bit support (ARMv7 and older, x86 processors) has been removed
- Open-source and actively maintained
- Last updated: Feb 15, 2026
- Self-hosted with full control over your data
- Collections feature introduced in v0.23.0 for separate inventories
- SQL schema changes in v0.23.0 prevent reverting to previous versions
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