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Shelf – open-source asset management software

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Re: Shelf – open-source asset management software

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Post by m-p-3 »

metisto wrote: post #32
m-p-3 wrote: post #25

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Agreed, asset management isn't only about knowing and tracking what the business possesses. A good system 1. Separates, but inter-connect the Asssets and CI. An asset will never change during its lifecycle. A CI is the actual configuration(s) of an asset. It could be a simple laptop (asset) with a standard OS (CI, one-to-one relationship), or it could be a server (asset) with multiple virtual machines (CI, one-to-man…

These are fantastic insights! I'm aware of Snipe-IT, but could you recommend any other open-source solutions? I have a hunch that the scope and requirements of such software are often tailored exclusively to enterprises, which only comes with a price tag.

On the open-source side I'm ot aware of any solution that covers everything like this from one end to the other.

Re: Shelf – open-source asset management software

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Post by brunoqc »

winphone1974 wrote: post #49
brunoqc wrote: post #38

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Maybe it could be worth it for only some items that you always forget to use before they expire. or if it's for saving money by waiting for stuff to get on sale, maybe only for items that are really worth it.

I built this for my chest freezer years ago (including the domain chowcaster.com), which used a barcode scanner to add/remove items. It worked better than a pantry because 1. Less items and typically higher cost, 2. You usually make a trip to your freezer and 3. It's hard to know what's in there. It basically replaced the clipboard my mom still uses to track her freezer inventory.

Good point. Nice.

Re: Shelf – open-source asset management software

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Post by spiderice »

feoren wrote: post #39
mindw0rk wrote: post #17

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There is a link to a product home page...

Is there? I scrolled through the readme 4 times looking for one and couldn't find it.

It is in the "About" section of the repo. https://shelf.nu

Re: Shelf – open-source asset management software

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Post by spiderice »

sneak wrote: post #12

The database backing this, Supabase, describes itself as "stable enough for most non-enterprise use-cases". I suppose that means this tool is "stable enough for most non-enterprise use-cases", which means I can't use it despite wanting to.

The capabilities of Shelf are going to be the limiting factor to enterprise use far before Supabase/Postgres will be.

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Post by emmo »

poidos wrote: post #34

Is there something like this but for “home” usecases? What’s in my pantry, how much of y do I have left in my medicine cabinet, etc.

Homebox (https://github.com/hay-kot/homebox) is one I've been looking at recently. Haven't actually set it up yet though, so YMMV.

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Post by esafak »

WheatMillington wrote: post #36
poidos wrote: post #34

Is there something like this but for “home” usecases? What’s in my pantry, how much of y do I have left in my medicine cabinet, etc.

As anyone who has done inventory management could tell you, the admin involved in keeping your pantry inventory up to date would massively outweigh any utility you'd get from this.

The only way it would make sense is if you took a video/picture of it and software did everything else.

Re: Shelf – open-source asset management software

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Post by trog »

insouciance586 wrote: post #7

Another great open source asset management system to check out is Snipe-IT. https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it I have used it for years both self hosted and with them hosting and it's been a great low cost solution for asset management.

Thanks for this recommendation. Been looking at asset management systems so Shelf caught my eye but the install process looks too painful, whereas this one I can just drop easily onto an existing LAMP server.

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Post by zie »

I guess I'm old and boring. I have a storage.txt file that just has a box#(literally written on the box/object) and then a description, tab seperated. That's the entirety of my inventory management. Searching through the text file is easy peasy.
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