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hans:
I've been using PartKeepr in the last few years for parts inventory management, but I'm getting more frustrated with all the odd bugs, the horrors of an overengineered PHP application, and odd issues with the GUI. In addition, since it looks like it's basically unmaintained at this point (last release is almost 4yrs old), I decided I need an alternative instead of fixing the server everytime my docker host reboots.

My demands aren't very high. I basically want to search/index the parts that I've and where they are stored. I don't really need CAD tool integration, but if it supports KiCad/Altium that's nice. Importing parts from BOM or invoices could be a nice to have. My most important requirement is self hosted though, because I don't like dependencies on the cloud (I fear that will inevitably push towards subscriptions at some point).

So what do you guys use, apart from perhaps an Excel sheet? :-//
I've been thinking about coding some tool myself, but honestly that will only lead to the same maintenance problems down the line.
nctnico:
I have been using MS Access for over 2 decades. You can create all kinds of forms with it as well.
brichards42:
I also used Partkeepr until it stopped being supported.  I switched to using Tryton, https://www.tryton.org/. WAY overkill and took a lot of time to get set up but it works well for me.  Very handy feature for parts tracking is the attributes feature.

Big downside is the documentation is really lacking.
hans:
MS access.. I guess that could work, but I tend not to use Windows that much.. and it's nice to have access from Linux/Mac when I'm doing assembly/tinkering/coding work.

Tryton looks interesting but also looks very overkill indeed. I'll give it a spin to see how quick it converges to (in)sanity.
serveln:
I've been using InvenTree for some time, and is pretty good (https://inventree.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). Is free and OpenSource, they also provide a Android APP, which is pretty cool when your are looking for a component. It is meant for hobbyist or small companies. The android app is paid though.
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