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Open source · Hosted or self-hosted · AGPL-3.0

Know where every part is.

Makerstorage is an inventory manager for makerspaces and fablabs, built for electronic components. Keep stock accurate down to the drawer, and reorder before you run out.

Try it freeSelf-host with DockerView on GitHub
The Makerstorage dashboard: stock totals, low-stock alerts, a breakdown by category and recent stock movements.

Everything a parts room needs

Not a generic stock tool with resistors bolted on. Makerstorage knows about footprints, MPNs, BOMs and the reality of a shared workshop.

  • A real parts catalog

    SKU, MPN, barcode, manufacturer, specs, datasheets and per-supplier pricing. Organize with nested categories, reusable footprints and tags.

  • Stock down to the drawer

    Model your space as a tree of rooms, cabinets, shelves, benches, drawers and boxes, and track quantities for every part in every location.

  • An append-only ledger

    Every change is a stock movement with a reason. Quantities can't silently drift, and you always know who took what, and why.

  • Scan, don't type

    Point a phone or webcam at a barcode to look a part up and record what goes in or out, right at the shelf.

  • Low-stock alerts

    Set a minimum per part. Reorder suggestions account for what's already on order, so nobody double-orders.

  • Suppliers & purchase orders

    Generate orders, follow them from pending to received, and split deliveries across storage zones. Look parts up and import orders from Mouser and DigiKey.

  • Project BOMs

    Import a bill of materials, see at a glance what you can build, order the shortfall, and deduct parts when the build is done.

  • Built for teams

    Each organization's data is isolated. Invite members as owner, admin, member or viewer: read-only access for students, full control for staff.

  • Bring your spreadsheet

    Bulk-load an existing inventory from CSV, including files saved by Excel. Categories and locations are created on the way in.

From a messy drawer to a tidy ledger

  1. 01

    Catalog

    Import your spreadsheet or pull part details straight from a supplier catalog.

  2. 02

    Store

    Map your shelves, drawers and boxes, then scan stock in and out as people use it.

  3. 03

    Build & reorder

    Check a BOM against what's on hand, and reorder what's running low before a workshop, not during it.

Hosted or self-hosted, your call

Same app, same features. Start on the hosted instance in a minute, or run your own copy on your own hardware.

Use the hosted version

Create an account on app.makerstorage.io and you get your own organization right away. Nothing to install: invite your team and start cataloging.

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Free, run by the maintainer on a best-effort basis, with no SLA. Self-host if you need guarantees.

Run it yourself

Keep your data on your own hardware. One Docker image, SQLite included, published for amd64 and arm64. A small server on your workshop's network is plenty.

See the Docker command

Your data, on your hardware

Makerstorage ships as a single Docker image backed by SQLite, so there's no external database to run. Put it on a small server on your workshop's network and you're done.

Keep the secrets you generate: they sign sessions and encrypt the supplier API keys stored in the database. The README covers secrets, email and building from source.

terminal
# Once: generate these, store them somewhere safe and reuse them.
SECRET_KEY_BASE=$(openssl rand -hex 64)
AR_ENCRYPTION_PRIMARY_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
AR_ENCRYPTION_DETERMINISTIC_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
AR_ENCRYPTION_KEY_DERIVATION_SALT=$(openssl rand -hex 32)

docker run -d --name makerstorage \
  -p 3000:80 \
  -e SECRET_KEY_BASE="$SECRET_KEY_BASE" \
  -e AR_ENCRYPTION_PRIMARY_KEY="$AR_ENCRYPTION_PRIMARY_KEY" \
  -e AR_ENCRYPTION_DETERMINISTIC_KEY="$AR_ENCRYPTION_DETERMINISTIC_KEY" \
  -e AR_ENCRYPTION_KEY_DERIVATION_SALT="$AR_ENCRYPTION_KEY_DERIVATION_SALT" \
  -v makerstorage-storage:/rails/storage \
  ghcr.io/albanpetit/makerstorage:latest

Then open http://localhost:3000 and create your account.