Introduction

Possibly my favourite up and running container is Homebox. Although not the first container, it has turned out to be the most useful. Homebox is labelled as an inventory and organisation system built for the home user.

I can login to it on the laptop, tablet and mobile phone, to add or locate whatever.

The Github project that I based my container on can be found with the link below:

Homebox

I use it to get organised. I have cupboards full of plastic boxes and drawers. A lot of stuff just gets thrown in the drawers and if I ever need something specific, it used to take me an age to find it.

Now, having listed most things in most drawers and boxes, if I ever want to find something quickly, I open Homebox, hit the Search button and find its location in a jiffy.

I obviously don't get too carried away. I don't, for example itemise every HDMI cable, although I could if I wanted. I just add 'bag of HDMI cables'. As long as I keep all my HDMI cables in the same bag, in the same location, it works perfectly.

I can even have a photo of all my items. I found that is not really necessary, but I do add photos using the phone, if I think it's necessary and I can be bothered.

I do list all my DVDs and CDs, just because I can and I can't bring myself to throw or give them away. There are probably better Docker Apps to do that, that will bring metadata as well, but I already have the list, if I want to use one of those. I don't ever have to open their respective boxes again. I just know they are there.