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What is Cobblr

Cobblr keeps track of the things you own. You point your phone at a thing, and it files itself: the barcode or the photo goes into an inbox, Cobblr works out what it is and fills in the name, the picture, and the details, and you tap once to keep it.

There are three ways in. Pick the one that sounds like your problem.

Cobblr for Yarn​

Your stash, on your phone. Scan a ball band and the yarn arrives with its brand, weight, fiber, and color already filled in. See what you have before you buy more of it.

Start with yarn

Cobblr for Home​

Everything in the house, and which room it is in. Photograph a thing, print a QR label for the bin it lives in, and later ask where something is instead of opening drawers.

Start with home

Cobblr for Groceries​

What is in the kitchen and what is about to go off. Photograph the receipt from a shop and the whole trip lands in your inbox, dated, so nothing gets entered by hand.

Start with groceries

If none of those is quite it​

Cobblr underneath is one workspace that can hold anything: parts, tools, books, Lego, filament, machines, projects. The three apps above are that same workspace pointed at one job and with everything else put away.

You can start on the plain workspace instead, and turn on what you need as you need it.

Start with a plain workspace

The part that matters​

Whichever way in you take, try scanning something first. The whole loop is three steps:

  1. Point the phone at a barcode, a thing, or a receipt.
  2. Cobblr fills in what it can, the name, the picture, and the details.
  3. Tap once to keep it.

That loop is the difference between a tool you keep using and a database you stop updating.

Where it runs​

Two ways, and this site is about the first:

  • Self-host Cobblr on your own machine with Docker, and your data stays there. Self-hosting has the setup, including the HTTPS your phone's camera needs, and the self-host setup builder writes the .env.
  • Hosted Cobblr, nothing to install: start at cobblr.xyz, where the sandbox needs no account and the current hosted availability is stated. None of the self-hosting pages apply to it.