Home Memory
A local DB of my house, down to cables and pipes
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HN · launched Apr 16, 2026 · 56 upvotes (top 15%) · 0 views
Niche: inventory management software · 125 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▲ +33% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Data infrastructure
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 125 launches in inventory management software →
Could you build this?
Yes This is a local relational database and UI for tracking household assets, cable layouts, and maintenance records, which is standard CRUD.
Discussion
13 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Home Assistant, Digital twin systems, File-based RAG/agent approaches
Concerns raised: Context window limits with file-based approaches, Data split between Home Memory and Home Assistant feels fragmented, Reliability of AI reconstructing structure from prose vs. structured queries, Local model capability (23 MCP tools may require Claude/GPT tier)
Feature requests: Full Home Assistant integration/add-on instead of separate system, Image/photo attachment support for visual reference, Periodic camera updates for drawer/storage monitoring, Support for handoff documentation to non-technical users (elderly parents)
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1947 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #267 of 1948 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 167 days after the earliest competitor.
- HouseOS · github · 2026-09-28 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- HomeButler · hn · 2026-06-04 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- Homebutler · hn · 2026-04-05 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- homelab-docs · github · 2026-10-09 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go · hn · 2026-01-23 · 278 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- glance-homelab · github · 2026-11-01 · 27 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- roof · github · 2026-09-30 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- hearth · github · 2026-09-14 · 41 upvotes · similarity 0.51
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