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.
Free forever | 7-day Team trial | No credit card
Trusted by more than 3000 teams worldwide
A note from our founder
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."
Carlos Virreira
Founder & CEO
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.
400k+
Assets tracked
10,000+
Active users
50+
Countries
99.99%
Historical uptime
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about getting started with Shelf.
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Case Studies
See how teams use Shelf
From professional sports to scientific research — teams across every industry trust Shelf to manage their assets.
CES Utility Solutions
Recovered a lost drone kit using Shelf's QR labels — preventing weeks of project delays.
Read storyArellano Associates
Replaced Outlook chaos with real-time equipment availability across simultaneous community events.
Read storyHAARP
Unified multi-university research assets across one of the most extreme environments on Earth.
Read storyEastern Michigan University
Improved equipment accountability and scheduling across theatre and media departments.
Read storyKansas City Art Institute
Migrated their Media Center from Cheqroom to Shelf without disrupting student equipment checkout.
Read storyExplore Shelf features
From bookings and custody to audits and location tracking — everything you need to manage your assets.