Snipe-IT
A free tool for tracking who has which laptop, which software license is assigned to whom, and when a piece of equipment is due for replacement — instead of managing it all in a spreadsheet.
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Description
Any company with more than a handful of employees eventually loses track of which laptop went to which person, whether a software license is still valid, or when hardware needs replacing because of depreciation. Snipe-IT is a free, open-source system built specifically for this: it tracks hardware assets, software licenses, and their depreciation over time, with check-in/check-out workflows so you know exactly who has what and when it needs to come back.
It's built on Laravel 12, licensed AGPL-3.0, available as an official Docker image, and exposes a REST API for integrating with other systems. It supports multiple languages, role and permission management for controlling who can see or edit what, and has a mature third-party ecosystem including mobile companion apps (SnipeMate, Snipe-Scan) and PowerShell/Python modules for automation. With roughly 14.4k GitHub stars, 3.9k forks, and over 24,000 commits, it's a long-running, actively maintained project rather than a recent experiment.
💬 Our review
The short version: for any IT team currently tracking laptops and licenses in a spreadsheet, Snipe-IT is free, mature, and does the actual job — asset check-in/check-out, license tracking, depreciation — without a subscription.
Compared to commercial IT asset management platforms (Freshservice, ServiceNow ITAM, Lansweeper), Snipe-IT gives up polished enterprise dashboards and vendor support contracts for zero licensing cost and full control over your own data, which is a real advantage for smaller IT teams or budget-conscious organizations, but means you're responsible for hosting, backups, and updates yourself unless you pay a third party to manage it for you. Its long track record (24,000+ commits, over a decade of development under different names) and active third-party ecosystem (mobile scanning apps, automation modules) put it well past the risk zone of a young, unproven project — this is a genuinely battle-tested tool, not a weekend side project. For organizations that need enterprise-grade support SLAs and don't want any self-hosting responsibility, a paid ITAM platform still makes sense; for everyone else, Snipe-IT is hard to beat on cost.
💰 Pricing
📊 Global score
🤖 AI-enriched data
Open-source (licence AGPL-3.0), auto-hébergé, aucun coût de licence
Pros
Gratuit et open-source, projet mature (10+ ans, 24 000+ commits)
Suivi matériel + licences + dépréciation en un seul outil
Écosystème tiers riche (apps mobiles, modules PowerShell/Python)
API REST pour intégrations
Cons
Auto-hébergement requis, pas de support commercial officiel inclus
Interface moins polie qu'une suite ITAM entreprise payante
Pas de SLA garanti comme avec un fournisseur commercial