One of the things I’ve struggled with since I got into self-hosting is documentation—just keeping track of what services I’m running, what hardware I’ve got, and what the specs even are. In this video I take a look at RackPeek, which is a lightweight, opinionated CLI tool and web UI that helps you document and manage your homelab (or small-scale IT infrastructure) without the usual hassle of trying to cram everything into a notes app. I walk through the GitHub repo real quick, show you what the CLI version looks like, and then focus on what I use on this channel: Docker. I demo my own live RackPeek instance so you can see how it organizes hardware, systems (bare metal/VMs + OS), and services (IP/port/protocol/URL), plus newer stuff like tags, notes, and docs. Then I do a clean Docker Compose install from scratch so you can see how fast it is to get running. Just keep in mind it’s still super early development (v0.0.11 when I recorded), so expect changes—and there’s no authentication yet, so don’t expose it publicly without putting an auth layer in front of it.