grocy
ERP beyond your fridge. Groceries & household management solution for your home.
Best self-hosted Inventory Management software in 2026
Inventory management software.
We track 13 open-source, self-hosted Inventory Management apps. 12 of them had commits in the last 90 days, 10 can run with Docker, and the most common licenses are AGPL-3.0 (7), MIT (4), GPL-3.0 (2). The most-used languages are Nodejs, PHP, Python. Below are the top picks by GitHub stars, followed by every app ranked by stars weighted by maintenance health.
Top 5 by GitHub stars
| # | App | Stars | Health | Last activity | License | Language | Docker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grocy | 9.7k | Active | 2026-09-16 | MIT | PHP, Docker | ✓ |
| 2 | Ever Gauzy | 8.7k | Active | 2026-11-10 | AGPL-3.0 | Docker, Nodejs | ✓ |
| 3 | Inventree | 7.8k | Active | 2026-11-10 | MIT | Python | – |
| 4 | HomeBox (SysAdminsMedia) | 7.8k | Active | 2026-11-07 | AGPL-3.0 | Docker, Go | ✓ |
| 5 | Bigcapital | 4.1k | Active | 2026-11-09 | AGPL-3.0 | Docker | ✓ |
- grocy — ERP beyond your fridge. Groceries & household management solution for your home.
- Ever Gauzy — Open business management platform for collaborative, on-demand and sharing economies (ERP/CRM/HRM/ATS/PM).
- Inventree — Inventory management system which provides intuitive parts management and stock control.
- HomeBox (SysAdminsMedia) — Inventory and organization system built for the home user.
- Bigcapital — Financial accounting and inventory management software for small to medium businesses.
Head-to-head comparisons
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All 13 self-hosted Inventory Management apps
Ranked by GitHub stars weighted by maintenance health.
Ever Gauzy
Open business management platform for collaborative, on-demand and sharing economies (ERP/CRM/HRM/ATS/PM).
Inventree
Inventory management system which provides intuitive parts management and stock control.
HomeBox (SysAdminsMedia)
Inventory and organization system built for the home user.
Bigcapital
Financial accounting and inventory management software for small to medium businesses.
Spoolman
Keep track of your inventory of 3D-printer filament spools.
Part-DB
Inventory management system for your electronic components.
RecipeSage
Recipe keeper, meal plan organizer, and shopping list manager that can import recipes directly from any URL.
DVinyl
Modern collection manager for physical media (vinyls, CDs, cassettes, books, movies, and video games).
Open QuarterMaster
Powerful inventory management system, designed to be flexible and scalable.
CellarBoss
Wine inventory management system.
Cannery
Firearm and ammunition tracker app.
Inventaire
Collaborative resources mapper project, while yet only focused on exploring books mapping with wikidata and ISBNs.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best self-hosted Inventory Management software in 2026?
By GitHub stars, the most popular self-hosted Inventory Management apps are grocy (9,671 stars), Ever Gauzy (8,736 stars), Inventree (7,837 stars). Popularity is only one signal: also check maintenance health, license and whether it fits your setup.
How many self-hosted Inventory Management apps are actively maintained?
12 of the 13 apps listed had commits in the last 90 days; for 1 we have no repository activity data.
Which self-hosted Inventory Management apps can I run with Docker?
10 of the 13 apps can run with Docker.
Which licenses do self-hosted Inventory Management apps use?
The most common licenses in this category are AGPL-3.0 (7 apps), MIT (4 apps), GPL-3.0 (2 apps).
How much does it cost to self-host Inventory Management software?
The software itself is free to download. Based on our rough hardware estimates, the cheapest suitable VPS plan starts at about $3.5/month (median $5/month across apps in this category). Several light apps can share one server.
Related categories
Figures from GitHub and Docker Hub as of 2026-11-15; hosting costs are rough estimates.