S.LibrarianJoin early access
In development · Mobile and web

Know what you have, and exactly where it is.

S.Librarian catalogs the things you own or look after, and remembers which room, shelf or box each one is in. Scan a barcode to add it. Scan a shelf label to put it away.

No release date yet. We’ll only email you about early access.

The problem

01

“Where did I put that?”

It’s in the house somewhere. Or the cabin. Or the storeroom.

02

Bought it twice.

You weren’t sure you had it, so now you have two.

03

Lent it. Never saw it again.

Nobody remembers who has it, or since when.

How it works

Scan. Place. Find.

That’s the routine at its fullest. Skip the labels, skip the places, or use them only where they help.

  1. 1

    Scan

    Point your phone at the barcode. Title, author or artist, and cover are filled in for you.

  2. 2

    Place

    Scan the shelf’s label, then the items. They’re recorded in that spot. Busy? Put them in the inbox and shelve them later.

  3. 3

    Find

    Search your collection and see the exact place: the room, the bookcase, the shelf. No more rummaging.

Your way

As organised as you want to be. No more, no less.

Twelve records or twelve thousand books. Label every shelf, label none, or label the bookcase that matters and leave the garage as a list. S.Librarian works the way your collection does, and you can change your mind whenever you like.

  1. No locationsJust a list

    Not everything needs an address. A plain list is a perfectly respectable library.

  2. No labelsPlaces, picked from a list

    Rooms and shelves, chosen when you add things. Every item has an address, and nobody had to print anything.

  3. Some of eachLabels where they help

    The busy bookcase gets labels and slot numbers; the cupboard at the cabin doesn’t. Mix as you please. We won’t judge.

Features

Built around the shelf, not the spreadsheet.

Scan to add

Point the camera. The details fill themselves in.

Scan an ISBN or EAN barcode and S.Librarian looks the title up in public sources: Google Books, Open Library, Discogs and TMDB. You check it and keep scanning.

  • Google Books
  • Open Library
  • Discogs
  • TMDB
Scan the shelf, then the items

Every shelf gets a label. Every item knows its shelf.

Each location has a short code, printed as a QR label. Scan a shelf’s label, then scan the items on it, and they’re all placed there in one go.

No time to sort? Scan things into the inbox now and shelve them later.

Locations that match your world

As many levels as your space has.

House, floor, room, bookcase, shelf, divider: nest locations as deep as you need. Start from the Home, Library or Warehouse preset, or from a blank page.

The words fit the place. At home it’s a “Place”; in a library it’s a “Branch”. Turn on slot numbers when the order on the shelf matters.

Use as many levels as each corner of your space needs: one room can go down to the slot while another stays a single box.

Your own item types

Not just books. Whatever you keep.

Books, CDs and DVDs are ready to go, along with many more. Need something else? Make your own type and choose its fields: camera lenses, sheet music, tools, board games. If you keep it, it can have a type.

Companion scanner

Your phone becomes the desk’s barcode scanner.

Pair the phone with the web app. Scans from the phone go straight to the computer at the front desk or workstation.

Several sites

The house, the cabin and the warehouse, in one account.

Keep several sites side by side, each with its own locations: a house and a cabin, or a main branch and a store.

Where it runsMobile app for scanning, placing and managing it all on the goWeb app for the same on a big screen, with your phone as the scannerRuns as a cloud service
Who it’s for

All kinds of collections. All kinds of collectors.

Home

Books, music, films, hobby gear, tools: anything you collect or just need to find again.

House › Living room › Bookcase › Shelf

Library

Small libraries, clubs and front desks. Shelve in order with slot numbers, and scan at the desk with a paired phone.

Branch › Room › Shelf › Slot

Warehouse

Warehouses, workshops and storerooms. Define your own item types and label every rack and bin.

Site › Aisle › Rack › Bin

Built in the open

How it’s being built

S.Librarian isn’t released yet. Here’s what works, and what comes next. No skipping ahead.

  1. WorkingScanning, lookup and placesScan on the phone, details from public catalogues, places with QR labels, and sign-in.
  2. NextTesting with early usersThe first people on this list try it on their own shelves.
  3. After thatOffline queueKeep scanning with no signal; it catches up later.
  4. ThenCompanion scannerYour phone as the barcode scanner for a desk computer.

Get on the list. We’ll know exactly where to find you.

Join the early-access list and we’ll let you know when the app is ready to try.

One email when there’s something to try. No newsletter.

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