HomeBox

HomeBox is a lightweight inventory and organization system designed for home users to catalog and manage household items. It focuses on simple setup and fast operation, with portable deployments suitable for small servers and homelabs.

Key Features

• Item catalog with categories, locations, labels, tags, and custom fields
• Powerful search to quickly find items in your inventory
• Image uploads for easier identification
• Document and warranty tracking for items
• Purchase and maintenance tracking (dates, prices, schedules)
• CSV import/export for onboarding and backups
• Reports and utilities such as bill of materials exports and QR code generation
• Multi-tenant grouping so users only see items within their group
• Responsive web UI for desktop, tablet, and mobile

Use Cases

• Create a searchable household inventory for insurance, moving, or disaster recovery
• Track warranties, manuals, and purchase details for appliances and electronics
• Share a family inventory with group-based access on a single instance

Limitations and Considerations

• Project is in beta/early active development; upgrades aim to be smooth, but breaking changes are still possible

HomeBox fits best when you want a straightforward, low-overhead way to organize home assets without the complexity of enterprise IT inventory tools. It provides practical organization, search, and export features while staying lightweight and easy to operate.