RackPeek

RackPeek

RackPeek is a lightweight, opinionated CLI tool / webui for documenting and managing home lab and small-scale IT infrastructure.

It helps you track hardware, services, networks, and their relationships in a clear, scriptable, and reusable way without enterprise bloat or proprietary lock-in or drowning in unnecessary metadata or process.

RackPeek is open source and community-driven. Code, docs, ideas, bug reports, and real-world usage feedback are all massively appreciated. If you run a home lab, you belong here.

Brandon Lee recently posted an article on how / why to use RackPeek, if you're interested in the project make sure to check it out!

Running RackPeek with Docker

# Named volume
docker volume create rackpeek-config
docker run -d \
  --name rackpeek \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v rackpeek-config:/app/config \
  aptacode/rackpeek:latest

# Bind mount
docker run -d \
  --name rackpeek \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v $(pwd)/config:/app/config \
  aptacode/rackpeek:latest

# Note - RackPeek stores its state in YAML
config/
└── config.yaml

Or Docker compose

version: "3.9"

services:
  rackpeek:
    image: aptacode/rackpeek:latest
    container_name: rackpeek
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - rackpeek-config:/app/config
    restart: unless-stopped

volumes:
  rackpeek-config:

docker compose up -d

Installing on Linux

# 1. Download the RackPeek binary

wget https://github.com/Timmoth/RackPeek/releases/download/RackPeek-0.0.3/rackpeek_0_0_3_linux-x64 -O rackpeek

# Or with curl:

curl -L https://github.com/Timmoth/RackPeek/releases/download/RackPeek-0.0.3/rackpeek_0_0_3_linux-x64 -o rackpeek

# 2. Make the binary executable

chmod +x rackpeek

# 3. Move RackPeek into your PATH

sudo mv rackpeek /usr/local/bin/rpk

# 4. Create the global config directory
# RackPeek expects a `config` folder **next to the binary**, so create it in `/usr/local/bin`:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin/config

# 5. Create the empty `config.yaml`

sudo touch /usr/local/bin/config/config.yaml

# 6. Test the installation

rpk --help

Core Values

Simplicity
RackPeek focuses on clarity and usefulness. Its scope is intentionally kept narrow to avoid unnecessary abstraction and feature creep.

Ease of Deployment
The tool exists to reduce operational complexity. Installation, upgrades, and day-to-day usage should be straightforward and low-friction.

Openness
RackPeek uses open, non-proprietary data formats. You fully own your data and should be free to easily inspect, migrate, or reuse it however you choose.

Community
Contributors of all experience levels are welcome. Knowledge sharing, mentorship, and collaboration are core to the project’s culture.

Privacy & Security
No telemetry, no ads, no tracking, and no artificial restrictions. What runs on your infrastructure stays on your infrastructure.

Dogfooding
RackPeek is built to solve real problems we actively have. If a feature isn’t useful in practice, it doesn’t belong.

Opinionated
The project is optimized for home labs and self-hosted environments, not enterprise CMDBs or corporate documentation workflows.

Release Status

[x] Ideation
[x] Development
[x] Alpha Release
[~] Beta Release
[ ] v1.0.0 Release

We’re gathering feedback from homelabbers to validate direction and prioritize features.
Answer whichever questions stand out to you, your input directly shapes the project.