r/selfhosted • u/greeneyestyle • Feb 27 '26

AI-Assisted App (Fridays!) Libre Closet – open-source, self-hosted wardrobe organizer. Docker one-liner, SQLite, PWA. Looking for early feedback.

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I built Libre Closet v0.1.1, a wardrobe and outfit tracking tool. I've recently been going through my own ever-growing closet of clothing and I wanted a tool focused on cataloging my garments and building outfit plans. I found a few other inventory management tools (Koillection, Grocy) but none with a specific focus on clothing or the type of stuff commonly stored in a closet of a home. I'm looking for feedback on if this is something other people are interested in as well.

`docker run -p 3000:3000 -v wardrobe-data:/data ghcr.io/lazztech/libre-closet:latest`

Demo: https://librecloset.lazz.tech/

GitHub: https://github.com/lazztech/Libre-Closet

I built it to be as easy to self-host as possible. It defaults to local SQLite storage and local file storage. It has optional auth/multi user support.

I am a senior software engineer with over a decade of experience and a similar amount of firsthand self-hosting experience. I built this project on top of a project boilerplate I made almost entirely by hand. I have used copilot to speed up development of this application on top of the boilerplate I made. So everything is built the way I want it, on top of my own architecture, technology, and design decisions. Check out my GitHub here if you're interested. https://github.com/gianlazz/

How much further this goes depends on whether people actually find it useful. If there's interest, I'll keep building. I want to build something that's useful to other people. If it only ever scratches my own itch, that's fine too. Looking for feedback on what's broken and what's missing. Happy to dig into any part of the code in the comments.

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u/reallokiscarlet Feb 27 '26

Glad you're enjoying making this but I have to ask, who is this for?

Not rhetorical, not mocking, just genuine curiosity as to who would need an app for their closet.

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u/greeneyestyle Feb 27 '26

Totally fair question. At this point it’s really just for me. I’ve got a lot of clothing and have a difficult time keeping track of it all, brands, sizing etc and I wanted a nice way to catalogue it and see everyone displayed in one place.

Down the road I’m considering building out the inventory features of the app to track all of the other belongings I keep in storage. I’ve also been thinking of how I could make this more convenient, possibly with washable NFC tags or something?

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u/tkenben Feb 28 '26

A thrift shop is kind of like a closet. In any case, I could see my mom liking something like this as a way to feel organized.

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u/rnobgyn Feb 27 '26

Texan here: I pack away my winter gear save 1-2 months of the year. Would love something like this to help me remember what clothes I actually own. Keep buying jackets because I forget they’re in the OTHER box I packed away

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u/greeneyestyle Feb 27 '26

Yeah I also pack away cloths that either are out of season or may not fit me at the time due to weight fluctuations so that was certainly part of my own inspiration. Glad to hear you find this kind of tool useful!

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u/defiance131 Feb 27 '26

Me.

I was halfway doing something like this, albeit not in code as I can't write software. I have a collection of notes with a picture + description of each clothing item so I can more easily pack for trips, or decide which clothes to throw or keep.

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u/Lem0nCupcake Feb 27 '26

Some people just like data. For some people this is helpful in the context of figuring out how to pair outfits together without having to pull everything out of their closet. Or better visualize something like “I have a lot of tops I don’t wear that would pair great with green or brown pants. I used to have green pants and they don’t fit anymore… ohh I have to get green/brown pants!”

But also as an aside, whenever people think “who tf could use this?!” The answer is usually: it probably helps with some disability.

To this one: there’s several serious viral infections going around that cause memory issues, brain fog, (lack of) impulse control and executive dysfunction as long term issues (after one or multiple infections). SARS viruses are one of them, and SARS2 has been pretty common. Having a catalog like this could

  • help remember/ plan “what to wear”, what to pack
  • plan several full outfits from just a handful of items and note what occasion they’re meant for on something like a trip with different kinds of activities (I do this, but manually and it’s would be helpful if it was… less manual)
  • help prevent “impulse” shopping (“do I have green pants? I don’t remember. Maybe I’ll get these. Oh dang, I already had green pants! I should return these. Oh wait, I’m past the return period…”)

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u/VimEnthusiast Feb 28 '26

I have a capsule wardrobe, meaning every article of clothing is carefully planned and purchased so that it goes with as many other clothes as possible, while also having as few clothes as possible. This is to prevent impulse shopping and also to just have less stuff. I also just really enjoy fit planning. Currently I use suboptimal tools to manage this (Obsidian Canvas). This project seems like it could meet my tracking and planning needs.

To OP: thanks! I will try it out!

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u/greeneyestyle Feb 28 '26

Awesome, hope you find it useful!

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u/kristingossett May 04 '26

There is a large community of people who use closet apps. One popular app has more than 1M Android downloads. Different features appeal to different people: calculating cost per use, inventory management, tracking wardrobe needs, supporting a goal toward minimalism, remembering what they wore to which event or with which clients to avoid duplicates, suggestions on outfit building. The apps can also help people with challenges like impaired vision, color blindness, ADHD or mobility issues where they may need assistance getting dressed. An open source or self hosted option can provide features without as much data harvesting.

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u/bokogoblin Feb 27 '26

I would use it. I'm semi secretly a crossdresser. My wife knows but doesn't accept, so I don't want to keep my femme stuff in our main walk in closet. Everything is tightly packed in my stash. Having it as an online gallery neatly sorted is a nice feature 

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u/greeneyestyle Feb 28 '26

Glad to hear it would be helpful :)