Home Information

Tony's Software Projects

Security view screenshot
Background
    Home Information transforms how you manage your property by creating a visual, spatial, centralized hub for everything about your home. Instead of hunting through drawers, email attachments, and scattered notes, you'll have manuals, maintenance records, device controls, and security monitoring all organized exactly where they belong - visually positioned on a map of your home.
This is the more scalable and maintainable version of the previous prototype Home Information Center. I created that 12 years earlier for my personal use and after some number of years, though still mostly functional, even I had a hard time maintaining it. Everything was hard-coded and brittle.
The prototype proved very useful. It ran on a tablet (with closet back-end server) in my kitchen and everyone that visited thought it was neat. This time, I wanted to make something that was easier for me to maintain, updated a few things, and also usable by other people. I would make it open source and hope others might contribute. A system like this cannot be widely useful with just me working on it.
Features
Home Information Home Page
The core feature is to be a single place to put all the information about your home and the items in it. You add items, position them over an image of your home/property and then add any attributes you need and upload any documents relevant to those items.
It also integrations with cameras (via ZoneMinder) and home automation devices (via Home Assistant). It has weather integrations for information and severe weather alerts. It has an extensible integration framework, with the most recent addition of a HomeBox integration (and more planned).
Screenshots
Security view screenshot
Camera event view screenshot
Automation view screenshot
Kitchen view screenshot
Status
I have this set up well in GitHub with an organized backlog and processes. I bought a domain and host a basic home page for this at Home Information Web Home Page.
This new version now runs in my home and works well. Better features and easier to maintain than the prototype. I slowly (and sporadically) add features as I need them. I have had one outside contributor (as of April 2026) who has contributed some very good enhancements.
Alerts on kitchen tablet
Alerts on kitchen tablet (close)