sysadminsmedia

    sysadminsmedia/homebox

    A continuation of HomeBox the inventory and organization system built for the Home User

    7.8K stars
    616 forks
    29 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 9, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 17 days ago, with 145 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #31 in the weekly ranking the week of Jan 4, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a simple, fast, and portable home inventory and organization system with an embedded web UI and SQLite database.
    • Offers minimal resource usage and easy deployment via a single Docker container or compiled binary for any platform.
    • Use for managing and organizing personal home inventories with a user-friendly interface and no complex setup.
    • Use for self-hosting a lightweight inventory system that runs efficiently on low-resource devices or home servers.
    • Use for maintaining a portable and easily backed-up inventory database suitable for home users needing quick access.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    AGPL 3.0

    Network copyleft: like the GPL, and also triggered by offering the software over a network.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

    • AGPL-style copyleft also applies when the software is offered over a network.

    General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score

    From the README

    Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

    If you are not a coder, you can still contribute financially. Financial contributions help me prioritize working on this project over others and helps me know that there is a real demand for project development.

    Excerpt from the sysadminsmedia/homebox README on GitHub (AGPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 13: +8Aug 14: +11Aug 15: +9Aug 16: +4Aug 17: +7Sep 8: +7Sep 16: +17Oct 3: +5

    +921 stars over 90 days across 16 snapshot days; best day +17 on Sep 16.

    Forks

    616+113

    Open issues

    136+17

    Compared with peers in Self-Hosted

    Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth

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