Homebox instead of Sortly

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An inventory app for a household, a club or a small stockroom: location, receipt, warranty, photo — and QR labels for the box.

What you get out of it

  • No cap on the number of items
  • Photos and receipts live with you, not in someone else’s app
  • Print QR labels and stick them on your boxes

Sortly and Podless

Sortly and PodlessSortlyOn Podless
Where the data livesSortlyOn the provider’s serversOn PodlessIn your own instance in the EU
Source codeSortlyNot open to readOn PodlessOpen, you can read what runs
Ads and profilingSortlyPer the provider’s termsOn PodlessNone
Your own domainSortlyUsually not offeredOn PodlessIncluded, certificate too
Getting out againSortlyAs far as the provider allowsOn PodlessSFTP, database, backups to your storage
If it gets shut downSortlyYou have to moveOn PodlessYou decide when you leave

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