Bin by Bin

In beta

Know what you own and where it lives.

Bin by Bin turns photos of your shelves and containers into a searchable inventory. Smart Scan names what is in the photo. Smart Search finds it later. Room by room, shelf by shelf, bin by bin.

See what it does
The Bin by Bin bins list, grouped by room, each bin showing a cover photo and item count.
Smart Search in Bin by Bin: searching “winter gear” surfaces camping and holiday bins by meaning.

Storage is not the problem. Finding things is.

You started a spreadsheet

Forty rows later, progress slows. Typing out a garage feels like a second job.

It is in one of these bins

Eleven identical bins. The only way to know is to open all eleven.

So you buy another one

It turns up a week later. You now own three.

Visualize your whole house on one screen.

Bin by Bin runs in the browser on the same account and inventory. It shows every room, your pinned bins, the counts, and a column for what needs attention. If you keep more than one home, each gets its own inventory, and you can read one home on its own or all of them together. Add bins, edit items, upload photos, and run Smart Scan straight from the dashboard.

Open the live demo

The Bin by Bin web dashboard on a laptop: a row of homes with All homes selected, counts for bins, items and rooms, a grid of rooms, pinned bins, and a Needs attention column listing an overdue loan and low-stock items.

What it does

Smart Scan

Photograph a bin and it fills in the name, description, and tags: one item or the whole shelf in a single shot. You correct what it got wrong instead of typing from nothing.

Smart Search

Search the way you talk. Semantic search over everything you own. "Green Christmas hanging" finds the wreath, even though you filed it under door decorations.

Rooms, bins, then items

Three levels, the ones your house already has: rooms hold bins, bins hold items. Photo grids, pinned bins, and per-room color so the garage never looks like the attic.

Loan tracking

Note what went out the door and to whom. Due dates turn into reminders, so your tools and dishes come back.

Dates that matter

Warranties, expiries, and service dates become local reminders: no notification server required.

Host it yourself

The same app runs against a server you run yourself: a NAS, a mini PC, or anything else that runs Docker. Your photos and your inventory stay on hardware you own.

Start with one bin.

The whole house is a daunting project. One shelf is a photo. Bin by Bin is built so the inventory grows the way your stuff does, one bin at a time.

Ask for a beta invite