Deploy Homebox: Open‑Source Home Inventory System with Docker

Homebox is an open‑source inventory and organization system designed for home users, helping them track items such as food, medicines, and household supplies.

The project offers a simple web interface with functions to add, edit, delete, search and categorize items. It is built with a modern stack: React for the frontend, Node.js for the backend, and Docker for containerised deployment, ensuring easy scalability and customization.

To try Homebox you can visit the live demo at https://homebox.fly.dev/ or deploy it locally using Docker Compose. The typical installation steps are:

# Ensure the data folder has correct permissions
mkdir -p /path/to/data/folder
chown 65532:65532 -R /path/to/data/folder
docker run -d \
  --name homebox \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  --publish 3100:7745 \
  --env TZ=Europe/Bucharest \
  --volume /path/to/data/folder/:/data \
  ghcr.io/hay-kot/homebox:latest
# For rootless image use ghcr.io/hay-kot/homebox:latest-rootless

The source code, documentation and issue tracker are hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/hay-kot/homebox, where the project has accumulated over 1.4k stars, indicating active community interest.

Images illustrate the UI and the project's star‑trend graph.