IMPS is a free, self-hosted inventory for the things you keep in storage. Photograph each item, put it in a numbered box, and stick a QR label on the box. Scan the label with your phone to see what's inside.
Demo password: imps · the demo resets regularly.
Add items from your phone's camera. A picture says "which lamp" faster than a description.
Print a label for each box. Scan it to see the box's contents, without taking it down from the shelf.
Photo tiles for browsing on a phone, a detailed table for editing at a desk.
Search by name, or browse by box, category or location: the attic, the garage, the storage unit.
Screenshots from the demo's sample inventory.
You need a computer on your home network with Docker. A 64-bit Raspberry Pi works.
mkdir -p ~/imps && cd ~/imps
curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/airbornedan/IMPS/main/deploy/docker/docker-compose.yml
curl -fsSL -o .env https://raw.githubusercontent.com/airbornedan/IMPS/main/deploy/docker/.env.example
# edit .env: your server's LAN address and two passwords
docker compose up -d
~/imps/.env with a text editor.docker compose up -d.http://<your server>/ in a browser.Details: the Docker guide. Prefer no Docker? Download the .zip or clone from GitHub and follow the manual install.
Yes. Type a name, enter the box number and take a photo with your phone. Category, description and extra photos are optional. Adding from a box's page fills in the box number for you.
Search by name, or browse by box, category or location. Every item shows its photo and the box it's in.
Yes, in the phone's web browser; there's no app to install. On a small screen IMPS shows items as photo tiles.
Any printer. Each label has the box number in large type and a QR code that opens that box in IMPS. Phones scan it with the normal camera app.
In the folder with your compose file, run docker compose pull and then docker compose up -d. Your data is kept.
The control panel backs up the database with one click and restores from a backup. With Docker, two volumes hold everything: the database, and the photos, labels and backups.
Yes. Everyone on your network logs in with the same password. There are no separate user accounts.
IMPS is built for a home network and has a single shared password, so don't expose it to the internet. To use it away from home, connect through a VPN such as WireGuard or Tailscale.
Dan and his daughter Evelyn wrote IMPS together, as a coding project and to keep track of their own boxes. It's free to use. If it saves you an afternoon of opening boxes, you can buy us a coffee.
Questions, bugs and ideas: GitHub issues or the contact page. What's new: the project history.