The use case is basically so that all my family members we can check that “John has an old laptop collecting dust” or “Mary has this specific tool that I’d love to use for my current project”.

It would be awesome if you could also have a private inventory, aside from the “shared knowledge”.

So, what do you guys use for this? Maybe it does not have to be self hosted, but I have a sense the best solutions for this use case are.

  • node815@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    7 months ago

    Homebox - before we relocate - whenever that is, I will be printing labels and putting them under and behind my stuff, scanning it into there and then will use that to keep track of our items after the move to know what is in which box etc.

    NocoDB Self Hosted (I use this for a few things) - started out with my network ip’s I have on my servers and ports for my containers and most recently a sleep log.

    Just a couple there.

    • megamanEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Ive started using homebox and i like it. Granted, i only use it for myself right now, not sure how it works for multiple people and public vs private repos

    • johntash@eviltoast.orgEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Any idea how Homebox compares to Grocy? I want to try both, but gave up on trying to use snipe-it a while back because of the effort needed to input everything. Both of these look simpler though

  • 4am@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    Grocy is a neat project for stuff like this. Also available as a HomeAssistant add-on, if that’s your style

    • unknowing8343OPEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Oh, wow, I do have HAOS on my Pi so this one is a strong strong candidate.

  • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
    2·
    7 months ago

    Snipe-IT: https://snipeitapp.com/

    You can self-host https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it or use their system. It definitely more enterprisey/business focused, but would work fine for this request. Can even do automatic email notifications and stuff for device/tool requests. Eg. You have a tool and someone wants it, they can request it and it will fire an email to you that they want it.

  • nemanin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    7 months ago

    I’ve also had this idea in the back of my mind…. Curious what people suggest…

      • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioEnglish
        91·
        7 months ago

        OP said:

        Maybe it does not have to be self hosted, but I have a sense the best solutions for this use case are.

        I responded with the quickest, simplest, cheapest solution currently available. It provides all requested functionality and didn’t include a requirement that OP indicated was optional.