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CollectRef ("Know what you own") turns any collection—vinyl, vintage posters, stamps, coins, watches, LEGO, comics, art, or gear—into a visual private museum on your PC. Browse a visual Shelf View, track value growth, complete sets with wishlists, unlock 12 collector trophies, track lent items on a Kanban Loan Board, match duplicates offline with friends, export MP4 video slideshows, and generate 1-click insurer-ready PDF reports. 100% offline, zero cloud tracking, €34 one-time purchase.
Hi Product Hunt!
I built CollectRef ("Know what you own") because everyone who collects something—whether it's vinyl records, vintage posters, watches, LEGO sets, stamps, coins, comics, fine art, or photography gear—faces the same dilemma:
1. Spreadsheets and folders of phone photos are messy, boring, and painful to maintain.
2. Cloud cataloging apps charge recurring monthly or yearly subscriptions AND store a complete list of your most valuable possessions (plus your IP/home address) on somebody else's server.
CollectRef solves both problems with a 100% offline, local-first Windows desktop app that makes cataloging your collection genuinely fun:
- Visual Shelf View & Cinema Slideshow: Browse your collection like a private gallery and export a shareable video slideshow in one click to show off to friends.
- 100% Insurance-Ready Meter: A live progress bar tracks whether every item has photo proof and valuation data, so you are always one click away from a complete PDF insurance dossier or visual Showcase Catalog.
- Set Completion, Wishlists & 12 Trophies: Track series completion ("Almost complete: 5/6 owned — 1 to go!") and unlock collector achievements along the way.
- Interactive Loan Board: Drag and drop items between "At home", "On loan", and "On exhibit" so you never forget who borrowed a record, book, or tool.
- 100% Offline Trade Match: Compare your duplicates and wishlist against a fellow collector's trade file locally without any online account or directory.
You can download the Windows installer right away to explore the interactive demo library and test adding your own items. Unlocking CollectRef forever is a single €34 one-time purchase—no subscriptions, no cloud accounts, and zero telemetry.
I'd love to hear what you collect and what features you'd like to see next!
CollectRef was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #73 on the daily leaderboard. CollectRef ("Know what you own") turns any collection—vinyl, vintage posters, stamps, coins, watches, LEGO, comics, art, or gear—into a visual private museum on your PC. Browse a visual Shelf View, track value growth, complete sets with wishlists, unlock 12 collector trophies, track lent items on a Kanban Loan Board, match duplicates offline with friends, export MP4 video slideshows, and generate 1-click insurer-ready PDF reports. 100% offline, zero cloud tracking, €34 one-time purchase.
On the analytics side, CollectRef competes within Windows, Productivity and Privacy — topics that collectively have 687.8k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how CollectRef performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
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H.C. Snaphaan - REF Foundry