"Finally, a modern and convenient asset database"
"Equipment reservations, no drama, no double bookings."
The equipment platform your team will actually use.
Stop wrestling with spreadsheets and per-user pricing. Shelf is the fast, open-source way to track gear, manage bookings, and prevent double-bookings.
Trusted by more than 3000 teams worldwide
Built for teams that
manage real assets.
Already trusted to track hundreds of thousands of assets — and counting.
Shelf didn’t start as a grand vision.
It started as a practical solution to a very practical problem: asset management shouldn’t be this hard.
Today, teams use Shelf to track hundreds of thousands of assets across studios, universities, production teams, and operations groups worldwide.
Why? Because Shelf stays focused.
It does the core job well: tracking, availability, bookings, accountability. And it avoids the bloat that slows teams down over time.
If you’re done fighting your tools and ready to trust them again, Shelf is ready for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about getting started with Shelf.
Built for real-world scale
Shelf runs in production for teams managing thousands of assets.
High booking volume and large user bases — without performance or data integrity tradeoffs.
"When Shelf scales, your workflows stay the same."
Case Studies
See how teams use Shelf
From professional sports to scientific research — teams across every industry trust Shelf to manage their assets.