Rackula
Drag and drop rack visualizer
What Is This
Plan your rack layout. Drag your devices in, move them around, export it. It runs in your browser. You can close the tab whenever you want.
What It Do
- Drag and drop devices into your rack so you can frown at them
- Real device images so it actually looks like your gear, not sad grey boxes
- Export to PNG, PDF, SVG for your documentation or for printing and staring at
- QR code sharing - your layout lives in a URL, scan it and it just shows up
But Why?
You might ask, why should I make an imaginary rack like some sort of IT cosplay? And to that I would say, "fine then! don't! SCRAM!" but also, consider:
- Plan your layouts before you build them. It's a lot easier to move your mouse than that 4U server full of hard drives. Your shoulder will thank you.
- Document existing layouts so you know what is where.
- Because you can
Get Started
Use it right now: count.racku.la
Selfhost with Docker
Docker Run
docker run -d -p 8080:80 ghcr.io/rackulalives/rackula:latest
Docker Compose
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rackulalives/rackula/main/docker-compose.yml
docker compose up -d
Then open http://localhost:8080 and get after it.
Build from source
git clone https://github.com/rackulalives/rackula.git
cd Rackula && npm install && npm run build
Serve the dist/ folder however you like. It's just files.
Documentation
Built With Claude
This project was built using AI-assisted development with Claude. I told it what to build and then said "no, not like that" a lot. The AI did a lot of typing. Commits with substantial AI contributions are marked with Co-authored-by tags because we're not going to pretend otherwise.
Acknowledgements
Built for the r/homelab and r/selfhosted communities. Colours from Dracula Theme. Device data from NetBox devicetype-library.
See ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.md for full credits.
Licence
MIT - Copyright (c) 2025 Gareth Evans
