Your hoard. Your story.
A local-first desktop companion for the things you collect.
HODD is a desktop app for collectors who want a beautiful, private home for their things. Games, books, movies, coins, comics, vinyl — or anything else. Your data lives on your device. No subscriptions, no cloud sync, no accounts.
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| Home — greeting, featured shelf, quick stats | Collection detail with procedurally generated covers |
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| Item detail — facts, story, and provenance | Statistics — completeness across all collections |
Collections that feel like yours Six built-in types (Game, Book, Movie, Coin, Comic, Vinyl) plus unlimited custom collections. Each item gets a procedurally generated cover — no images required — or you can attach your own photos.
Every detail, your way Track format, condition, edition, pressing, completeness, acquisition date, and more. Write a provenance story for any item, or let the on-device AI write one.
On-device AI with Ollama Connect a local Ollama instance for AI-powered item enrichment, natural-language search, and story generation. Everything stays on your machine.
Online metadata lookups Fetch metadata from OpenLibrary, MusicBrainz, RAWG (games), and OMDB (movies) — API keys optional.
Views for every mood Home, Collections, Wishlist, Favorites, Timeline, Discover, Statistics, Search. Two layout modes for home and collections. Light and dark themes with six accent palettes.
Your data, always SQLite database in your app data folder. Full archive export and import as JSON. Nothing leaves your machine without your say-so.
Grab the latest release for your platform from the Releases page:
| Platform | Format |
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| macOS | .dmg |
| Windows | .exe installer |
| Linux | .AppImage |
npm install
npm run dev # Vite + Electron, hot-reloadingThe renderer runs on http://localhost:5173. Electron auto-restarts when main-process files change.
Checks before shipping:
npm run typecheck # TypeScript across renderer + main + preload
npm test # Vitest unit tests
npm run build # Full production build
npm run package # Build + electron-builder → release/Output directories: dist/ (React bundle), dist-electron/ (main + preload), release/ (packaged app).
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Cmd/Ctrl+K |
Open quick-add modal |
← / → |
Browse items within a collection |
F |
Toggle favorite (item detail) |
Escape |
Close any overlay or modal |
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Desktop shell | Electron 42, context-isolated preload |
| Renderer | React + TypeScript + Vite |
| Storage | SQLite via sql.js, persisted to userData/hodd.db |
| Styling | Custom CSS design system |
| AI | Ollama (llama3.2, mistral, phi3) |
| Packaging | electron-builder |
| Testing | Vitest |
HODD ships with a full theme engine: light/dark mode, six accent palettes (Indigo, Forest, Ocean, Gold, Brick, Sky), two headline font choices, and shelf art modes (covers or spines).