Alternatives to RackTables
A self-hosted web application for documenting datacenter and server room hardware, racks and networks. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
RackTables
A self-hosted web application for documenting datacenter and server room hardware, racks and networks.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as RackTables.
Snipe-IT
An open-source, self-hosted IT asset management system written in PHP, with optional paid hosting.
Snipe-IT is an open source self-hosted PHP asset register with a REST API and two-factor authentication, but it does not document rack space or IP addressing.
GLPI
An open-source IT service management suite with help desk, asset inventory and CMDB.
GLPI is an open source self-hosted suite with asset inventory, a CMDB and a help desk, broader than rack documentation but slower to configure.
iTop
An open-source web application for IT service management and configuration management databases.
iTop is an open source CMDB with ITSM ticketing and low-code customisation, which models infrastructure broadly but takes effort to set up.
Also worth comparing
These listings name RackTables as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Hudu
A hosted IT documentation platform for procedures, assets, passwords and network records.
RackTables is a free, open-source self-hosted tool for documenting racks, hardware and IP addresses, focused on datacenters rather than procedures or credentials.
i-doit
A CMDB and IT documentation platform for recording hardware, software, networks and their relationships.
RackTables is a free open-source tool documenting racks, hardware and IP addresses, narrower in scope and without compliance add-ons.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
OCS Inventory NG
Open-source IT asset management server that inventories hardware and software across an organisation's devices.
Open-AudIT
An agentless network discovery and IT inventory tool with configuration change tracking and compliance reporting.
Reftab
A cloud asset management service for tracking hardware, software licenses, equipment and IT spend.
Domotz
Cloud-managed network monitoring and management for IT teams looking after devices across many sites.
SoftPerfect Network Scanner
A multi-threaded IPv4 and IPv6 scanner that finds network devices, open ports and shared folders.
