Looking for ... inventory management, I guess?

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Submitted ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for a system that:

I can self host
Is slim, because I don’t have beefy hardware (Intel J5040, 32GB RAM, shared by all VMs/containers)
can be used to create an inventory of all the tech/hardware that I have in my house (not exclusively IT, I also wasn’t to track things like warranty for my chainsaws and the like)
does take at least the device make/model, serial number (for insurance cases) and warranty dates
is not some kind of enterprise-how-many-items-of-this-article-do-i-have-in-stock-things, because that seems to be the only thing I seem to be able to find, and they neither match my use case nor do they seem to be lightweight enough.

… and honestly, I don’t even know where to start looking. Do you guys have any recommendations?

Of course, I could just use a spreadsheet, but where’s the fun in that?

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shrugs@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
+1 for netbox

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johntash@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
Snipe-it is a bit overkill but it’s pretty good.

Grocy also has an inventory tracker. I’m not sure how different it is tho

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MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
LibreOffice Calc

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- antsu@lemmy.wtf ⁨5⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  +1
  This is a problem a simple spreadsheet is perfectly adequate for.
  
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- Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Indeed. What you are looking for is a spreadsheet.
  
  Don’t overcomplicate things.
  
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conrad82@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I use homebox and it has been good for my home usecase. I have put qr codes on boxes to easily check contents from my phone

github.com/sysadminsmedia/homebox

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- N0x0n@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  While I do agree on the general sentiment to not overcomplicate things, homebox seems rather easy to use and intuitive.
  
  Being able to create qr code to put them on boxes and also have them directly accessible through the web interface is neat !
  
  However, there’s one thing that’s quite cumbersome… There isn’t a one button move everything to a new location. Someone already posted a feature request ans got some traction :) so cross fingers this going be implemented in the near futur !!
  
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  - conrad82@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Yes, I agree, batch moving stuff is important. I haven’t had that problem yet, so let’s hope they add it before I move or something 😅
    
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- MartianFox@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Also using Homebox. Quite intuitive UI, not too many features but also not too few. For instance you can upload the receipts, manuals, etc for euch equipment, etc
  
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  - DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Thanks, that sounds really nice!
    
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SrMono@feddit.org ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
This might be an unpopular opinion/solution but even for two small size sister companies we are doing inventory in a version controlled markdown file 🫣

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- Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  a version controlled markdown file
  
  There’s a lot of genius in this idea …
  
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- jonne@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Honestly, a spreadsheet would be fine for this? I’m not super familiar with what an inventory management system does tho, so maybe it does things beyond what a spreadsheet can do.
  
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- DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Not at all, I like .md, and I’m familiar with Git. A spreadsheet is not something that I would throw into Git, but an .md…
  
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  - SrMono@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    That is the reason Markdown and Git are used for a lot shenanigans these days. Knowledge bases, awesome-lists, documentations. You name it.
    
    If you got the right tools (sphinx, typora, mkdocs, …obsidian) you got a powerful toolchain.
    
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- just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Wut
  
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mcmic88@feddit.org ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’m suggesting HomeBox. demo.homebox.software Small, selfhosted and centered around home use.

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Xanza@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
NocoDB.

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just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Snipe-IT and Shelf.nu are two of the most popular ones.

Maybe also consider just kicking one out yourself with NocoBase or something like that though.

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- DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  HA, the term I was looking for is even on their website: “Asset Management Software”. My non-native speaker ass didn’t come up with this.
  
  Thank you, I will check those out.
  
  Though it sounds interesting for tinkering, I’m probably not doing down the NoCode route. You make it, you maintain it forever, and I don’t have that kind of time.
  
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jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’d just roll your own with either a spreadsheet or a relational database depending on how fancy you want to get.

In fact, I’ve done that for comic books.

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StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
There’s a couple of options.

I’ve used Grocy. It’s not intended for that particular use case but it would work. More for Grocery management.

Might want to check out awesome-selfhosted.net

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- DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Oh yeah, I was planning to deploy Grocy anyway, but I never thought about using it for this. Thank you!
  
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Biscuit@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
NocoDB is pretty fun if you want an AirTable-like.

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GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
A google forms alternative would be convenient. You could make an easy to fill out page that inouts to a spreadsheet. Put warranty reminders in your calander for a month before it expires.

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steventhedev@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I get very far by just keeping a set of folders for each piece of equipment in a git repo.

Pictures, etc, and sometimes the PDF manual if I bother.

The difficult part here is being consistent over time - making sure you mark down when you bought things, serial numbers, etc. a proper website/app will force you to do this, but there is flexibility in having whatever convention you like most

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- DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Well, I do have a PaperlessNGX already, so I could use a custom field for SerialNo or something like that, but I just feel like PNGX isn’t really designed for this task.
  
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