Best app for tracking DIY maintenance?

[badtlc]

all the iOS apps are not great. I went back to small notepad and pen in the vehicle.

 

[Clarkbug]

I use LubeLogger: https://lubelogger.com/

But you'd have to install and run it. Probably not the best in the world, but it is open source and I can modify it if I want to. And my data is my data.

I just started using this and am still getting over the setup pains since I'm a rookie at the self hosted thing. But I like the graphics and details. I have a bunch of Google sheets and notebooks and used to use aCar, and some of the CarFax stuff, but that's helping them more than me I figure....

What I would really like to figure out how to do is log my fuel fill-ups on my phone and then have it sync to my home server (since that's not live to the web). But that's for a future day.

 

[YZJB]

Looks good! Can you export everything to a shareable format?

Yes

 

[GaryMX5]

I use the maintenance log found in most warranty booklets that come with the car. Any extra maintenance I add to the note page or on the back cover of the book. Usually will make dealerships happy for proof of scheduled maintenance. I also keep a brown envelope (5x7 or so) in the glove box to collect any maintenance receipts.

 

[oil pan 4]

Sharpie

 

[Wingo]

A small notebook and a pen. Keep it in the glove box.

 

[robertcope]

What I would really like to figure out how to do is log my fuel fill-ups on my phone and then have it sync to my home server (since that's not live to the web). But that's for a future day.

I'd look at tailscale for that: https://tailscale.com/

That wouldn't setup a sync system, like you are describing, but it would let you connect to the system remotely.

 

[Clarkbug]

I have thought about that, but don't want to allow any sort of outside access in if I can help it. If I can get a script going that will write it to the DB when I'm connected to my local network, that would be pretty much all I need. I think...

But thank you for the idea! My router supports it's natively so that may be a way in that could be useful.

 

[macarose]

If you want to add an extra thousand or so to the selling price of any vehicle you own... a small notebook is the best.

Couple that with parts purchases and non-maintenance records in the glovebox. You're set. No phone needed.