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HomeBox

HomeBox

HomeBox is a self-hosted inventory and organization system for your home. Catalog belongings, track warranties, serial numbers, and receipts, and manage it all from a clean web UI. AGPL-3.0 licensed with 6,300+ GitHub stars.

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Active installs

License AGPL-3.0 Version Latest OS Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS Min RAM 1 GB IP IPV4,IPV6

Active installs is sample data (staging preview); real metric wires in before launch.

Access

1. Open Homebox in your browser: http://<SERVER_IP>:3100

2. Click Register and create the first user account.

3. For security, disable new registrations after the first account is created.

3.1. Edit /root/homebox/compose.yml.

3.2. Change HBOX_OPTIONS_ALLOW_REGISTRATION: "true" to HBOX_OPTIONS_ALLOW_REGISTRATION: "false".

3.3. Apply the change: cd /root/homebox && docker compose up -d

Important Files and Directories

  • Install Path: /root/homebox
  • Compose File: /root/homebox/compose.yml
  • Environment File: /root/homebox/.env
  • Docker Volume: /var/lib/docker/volumes/homebox_homebox-data

Service Management

View running containers:

docker compose -f /root/homebox/compose.yml ps

Restart Homebox:

docker compose -f /root/homebox/compose.yml restart

View logs:

cd /root/homebox && docker compose logs -f

Stop Homebox:

docker compose -f /root/homebox/compose.yml stop

Start Homebox:

docker compose -f /root/homebox/compose.yml start

Recreate Homebox:

docker compose -f /root/homebox/compose.yml up -d

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