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A participatory project of Smart City Hameln-Pyrmont

Open Locker The smart locker for everyone.

An open source toolbox for building, sharing, and managing affordable digital locker systems yourself.

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What is Open Locker?

In development

Open Locker is an open source project for public lockers, including a backend, a mobile app, and hardware blueprints. Our goal is a solution that works reliably in everyday use, adapts to local requirements, and is affordable for those who really need it.

Open Locker builds on controllable costs and open standards: you can run the software yourself or optionally book hosting.

We also build the solution to be easy to use. In the spirit of digital inclusion, our locker is well suited for senior citizens and less digitally experienced groups, too.

From hackathon to open source project:

Our background story

Features at a glance

Easy to rebuild

Build guide, shopping list, and a reproducible setup.

Affordable

Control your costs instead of license models and platform lock-in.

Easy to use

UX designed for digital inclusion. Suitable for senior citizens, too.

Retrofittable

From IKEA to expensive industrial cabinets: keep using existing lockers and run them with our hardware and software.

Self-hosting possible

Data sovereignty and privacy instead of opaque cloud services.

Audit and logs

Track access transparently (who, when, what).

Customizable

Adapt workflows, roles, and integrations to your daily routine.

Don't feel like hosting it yourself?

If you don't want to run Open Locker yourself but still want to benefit from its advantages (open source, adaptability, transparency), we host the central backend for you — in Germany, on green energy. That reduces your operational effort and directly supports the further development of the project.

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  • Central backend

    We host the backend for you, so you don't have to start from scratch.

  • Hosting in Germany

    Short distances, clear responsibilities, and a setup that fits EU requirements.

  • GDPR-compliant

    Operations and data processing with a focus on privacy and compliance.

  • Green energy

    Runs on infrastructure powered by renewable energy.

  • Support for Open Locker

    Your hosting contribution goes into maintenance, improvements, and new features.

Use cases

Open Locker fits anywhere things need to be stored, shared, or lent out securely.

  • Community rooms
  • Offices
  • Bakeries
  • Smart cities
  • Municipalities
  • Community spaces
  • Hacker spaces
  • Coworking spaces
  • Clubs
  • Kindergartens
  • Schools
  • Gyms
  • Village shops
  • Vending machines
  • Music schools
  • Rental services
  • Pickup stations
  • Community rooms
  • Offices
  • Bakeries
  • Smart cities
  • Municipalities
  • Community spaces
  • Hacker spaces
  • Coworking spaces
  • Clubs
  • Kindergartens
  • Schools
  • Gyms
  • Village shops
  • Vending machines
  • Music schools
  • Rental services
  • Pickup stations
  • Community rooms
  • Offices
  • Bakeries
  • Smart cities
  • Municipalities
  • Community spaces
  • Hacker spaces
  • Coworking spaces
  • Clubs
  • Kindergartens
  • Schools
  • Gyms
  • Village shops
  • Vending machines
  • Music schools
  • Rental services
  • Pickup stations
  • Community rooms
  • Offices
  • Bakeries
  • Smart cities
  • Municipalities
  • Community spaces
  • Hacker spaces
  • Coworking spaces
  • Clubs
  • Kindergartens
  • Schools
  • Gyms
  • Village shops
  • Vending machines
  • Music schools
  • Rental services
  • Pickup stations

Use cases: Community rooms, Offices, Bakeries, Smart cities, Municipalities, Community spaces, Hacker spaces, Coworking spaces, Clubs, Kindergartens, Schools, Gyms, Village shops, Vending machines, Music schools, Rental services, Pickup stations.

Want to get involved?

Join us on Discord or grab an issue on GitHub. We're happy to help you get started.

View issues

In the background you can see real impressions from our live meetups. Dates are discussed on Discord.

Pricing (Open Source Edition)

Spoiler: the software costs € 0.

Open Locker is open source and you can host it yourself. You only pay your own acquisition and operating costs — e.g. hardware, hosting/servers, monitoring, or backups — depending on how you set it up.

Self-hosted

Recommended

You run it yourself and stay in full control.

€ 0

for the software. Forever.

  • Ideal if you already have tech expertise in-house.
  • Perfect for communities & municipal projects.
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Hosted backend

Less ops, more support.

“Ask us”

Price depends on setup, scope, and support.

  • Hosting in Germany (EU-friendly).
  • Monitoring/backups by arrangement.
  • Your contribution goes into maintenance & new features.
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Workshops & onboarding

For teams that want to go live quickly and cleanly.

“Ask us”

Billed by scope, goal, and date.

  • Workshop/onboarding (remote or on site).
  • Joint setup, best practices, and troubleshooting.
  • Q&A for your operations (roles, updates, monitoring).
Request a workshop

Contact

The fastest way to reach us is Discord or GitHub. For formal inquiries, send us an email .

Create an issue

Partners & funders

Open Locker is supported by organizations and people who want to advance open infrastructure for sharing within communities.

Partners

Smart City Hameln-Pyrmont Merona

Become a supporter

Want to fund Open Locker, run a pilot, or co-develop it as a partner? Let’s have a quick chat! We're happy about every message. Also reach out if you'd like to propose extensions or are planning a project you want to realize with Open Locker.

Write to us!