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Household management - what are you using if anything?

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Household management - what are you using if anything? - Divisions by zero

Hello there! I was wondering what people on here use for general household related peojects and general recurring task management. I feel like it would be easier to get stuff done if my wife and I could have a place to store and real time add/update information on things. Notes on the fridge don’t cut it anymore, as life gets complex. I was looking into NextCloud AIO. I don’t care much for the mail, file sync or call and chat features. But a shared calendar and the Deck app with tasks sound useful. Along with the cookbook app that exists. I was also checking out independent-ish solutions like Vikunja and Kitchen owl. I was also looking for a MS whiteboard-like thing to use, and Excalidraw came up. It is possible to tie all these together with a dashboard, so it doesn’t feel like it’s all over the place I am sure. But the wife approval factor is also something I have to keep in mind. Also, mobile apps are hit and miss in my opinion. If you have extendes experiences with the above tools or alternatives that you use, please share how you like it! I could use some perspective before I deploy stuff to “prd”.

Feb 27, 2024 at 11:42amWeb
Show threadBjörnFeb 27, 2024

We definitely use the calendar. Everyone has their own one and it’s shared with the other. We tried using tasks but that didn’t work out for us, but I’d say it’s more because of us and not for a lack of tools. Both work with open source apps on Android.

What’s worked best for us for our groceries is a dedicated Signal group. By now even our children are in that one.

Show threadGetAwayWithThisFeb 27, 2024
Yes, well shopping lists worked similarly for us as well. Wife would send me a list on discord, and go by that. That might not need to change. I guess we’ll have to see for ourselves how things go what sticks.
Show threadStritFeb 27, 2024

Set up the regular Nextcloud install, instead of the AIO. The AIO does not provide any of the things you need, so you end up with lots of stuff you are not gonna touch.

I use Nextcloud with:

  • Calendar
  • Contacts
  • Cookbook
  • Notes
  • Tasks
  • Polls

Tasks can work together with the tasts.org Android client and there are seperate apps for Notes and Cookbook, while Calendar and Contacts can integrate with your mobile apps via DavX5 using CalDav.

Show threadsabreW4K3Feb 27, 2024
Seems this is what I should do too
Show threadGetAwayWithThisFeb 27, 2024
So far this is the sanest setup for my usecase. I was only looking at the AIO docker because I thought it would be easier to scale back, rather than up from the regular. Thanks for sharing!
Show threadCoasting0942Feb 27, 2024
Apple reminders, Apple calendar, Apple notes etc
Show threadinsufferableninjaFeb 27, 2024
you know this is the selfhosted community, right?
Show threadioslifeFeb 27, 2024
Wife and I use KitchenOwl for grocery list. It’s nice. I should look into using Nextcloud for more.
Show threadPracticalChameleonFeb 27, 2024

Our household revolves around the amazing Tasks.org Android app. Originally, I would sync the tasks using a Baïkal server because I prefer lightweight solutions. But since then, I’ve moved on to Nextcloud because I sometimes need a desktop overview of our tasks (and enjoy the other functionality). Nextcloud Tasks is very similar to Tasks.org, which I prefer over Vikunja etc.

Simple shared task lists have worked very well to keep track of chores, shopping and other reminders

For taking notes, keeping recipes etc. I use Joplin

Show threadGetAwayWithThisFeb 27, 2024
I’m afraid of falling into the trap of having too many new toys to play with, so I’ll keep simplicity and tasks.org in mind! For taking notes for myself, I have Obsidian set up the way I like it. I must say, I under utilize that one as well. Joplin, I used in university some years ago. I should maybe revisit it to see if I find any use for it.
Show threadShellMonkeyFeb 27, 2024

Self hosted version of homechart.app

Not FOSS (source available I believe though) bitit has the option of a lifetime license rather than a subscription. Dev is readily available and helpful too.

Homechart

Homechart makes it easy to run your household with one simple app. Built by families, for families.

Show threadGetAwayWithThisFeb 27, 2024
Thanks for the tip! I wouldn’t have stumbled upon it by myself. Looking through their demo, it’s rather complex, maybe too much for what I need. The price seems fair tho. With the source being available I’ll consider trying it.
Show threadShellMonkeyFeb 29, 2024
One neat aspect is under the admin options you can hide whole sections of the menu to not show what you don’t need. Makes things a lot less cluttered that way.
Show threadwords_numberFeb 27, 2024
I recently tried selfhosted grocy. It’s really amazing, but in the end does seem over the top for us, so we went back to intuition and communication based “household management” ;)
Show threadyamdwichFeb 28, 2024
I tried to make Grocy work as a kitchen inventory and shopping tool too but damn, it tries to do way too much detail. I'm sure there are people with enough discipline that it appeals to, but I really felt like it was way too particular and entering/tracking items across areas seemed like overkill. Its whole system seems unintuitive to me and I could never get to the point where it seemed natural, so I gave up quickly despite really wanting it to work.
Show threadmlaga97Feb 27, 2024

My partner and I use a git repository on our self-hosted gitea instance for household management.

Issue tracker and kanban boards for task management, wiki for documentation, and some infrastructure components are version controlled in the repo itself.

Home Assistant (also self-hosted) provides the ability to easily and automatically create issues based on schedules and sensor data, like creating a git issue when when weather conditions tomorrow may necessitate checking this afternoon that nothing gets left out in the rain.

Matrix (also self-hosted) lets Gitea and Home Assistant bully us into remembering to do things we might have forgotten. (Send a second notification if the washer finished 15 minutes ago, but the dryer never started)

It’s been fantsstic being able to create git issues for honey-dos as well as having the automations for creating issues for recurring tasks. “Hey we need to take X to the vet for Y sometime next week” “Oh yeah, can you go ahead and put in a ticket?” And vice versa.

Show threadGetAwayWithThisFeb 28, 2024
Very interesting! It’s tempting, but I can already see the “Major Change ticket” coming in for “Divorce” if I asked for tickets at home :D
Show threadmlaga97Feb 28, 2024
We’ve both got a software dev background, so it wasn’t a particularly difficult solution to sell, as soon as we came up with it it was very much a “oh duh, why didn’t one of us think of that way earlier”
Show threadInformalTrifleFeb 29, 2024
This is the geekiest thing I’ve ever heard. I love it
Show threadBatrickPatemanFeb 29, 2024
Would love to set something like this up but would loose interest in it half way through. Sounds like a lot of work xD
Show threadElkendersFeb 29, 2024
How do you monitor the washing machine and drier?
Show threadmlaga97Feb 29, 2024

Washing machine is a threshold sensor in Home Assistant on the power draw entity on a sonoff s31 smart outlet flashed w/ ESPHome.

Dryer is another threshold sensor on a current clamp connected to an ESP32 running ESPHome.

Show threadElkendersFeb 29, 2024
Perfect thank you.
Show threadthayerFeb 27, 2024
We use markdown notes extensively. Everything is synced to our desktops and mobile devices with Syncthing. Markor editor for Android, and VSCodium/vim on the desktop. Works great for tech notes, medical info, shopping lists, recipes, etc.
Show threadFischFeb 28, 2024
We use Grocy, specifically with the Android app. We only use the shopping list feature but it can do a lot more.
Grocy - ERP beyond your fridge

Grocy is a web-based self-hosted groceries & household management solution for your home. Open Source. Built with passion.

Grocy
Show threadAtemuFeb 29, 2024

Paperless for keeping track of text written on the dead trees which companies keep sending me instead of email.

Actualbudget for keeping track where the money goes.