Introduction
I built Weavestream because I was tired of paying for IT documentation tools that were either too expensive, too bloated, or both. IT Glue and Hudu do a lot of things, but they also come with steep pricing, over-engineered permission systems, and UX decisions that make you feel like the product was built for enterprise procurement teams — not the technicians actually using it every day. I wanted something simple, self-hosted, and free that a small MSP or solo IT admin could spin up in minutes and actually enjoy using. So I built it.
The Problem
Managing IT documentation is a mess for most small and mid-sized teams. You're juggling client credentials, asset inventories, domain renewals, network diagrams, and runbooks — often spread across a mix of sticky notes, spreadsheets, shared password managers, and whatever wiki your predecessor set up five years ago.
The commercial tools that exist to solve this aren't cheap. Licensing fees add up fast, especially for MSPs managing dozens of clients. And when you finally do get access, you're met with complex permission structures that take hours to configure, sync features that fail silently, and interfaces that haven't been meaningfully updated in years. Smaller teams end up paying for features they don't need while the basics they actually care about get buried.
The Solution
Weavestream is a free, open-source, self-hosted IT documentation platform built as a direct alternative to IT Glue and Hudu. It runs on PostgreSQL and deploys via Docker — so you own your data, you control where it lives, and there's no vendor lock-in.
The design philosophy is simple: build what IT teams actually need, keep the interface clean, and don't make administrators spend hours maintaining the tool itself. Weavestream is built for MSPs, small IT teams, and homelabs that want professional-grade documentation without the enterprise price tag.
Key Features
Asset Management — Track hardware, software, and network assets across all your clients in one place. Weavestream keeps your inventory organized and accessible without the clutter of tools that try to do too much.
Client Credential Vault — Store and manage client passwords and secrets securely with granular role-based access control. Permissions are designed to be straightforward — no labyrinthine group hierarchies, just clear rules for who can see what.
Domain & SSL Monitoring — Weavestream actively monitors your clients' domains and SSL certificates, checks DNS health (SPF, DMARC, DKIM, and more), and grades each domain so you can catch problems before your clients do. No more scrambling when a cert expires or a domain lapses.
Conclusion
If you're running an MSP or managing IT for a small organization and you're tired of overpaying for documentation tools that don't quite fit, Weavestream was built for you.
It's free, it's open source, and it's designed to stay out of your way so you can focus on the work that actually matters.
Get started at weavestream.io — self-hosted, no licensing fees, no lock-in.