It may take me a while to work on that, but as a workaround, you can set any item to be added to a todo list when it’s low on stock, and you could make an automation around that todo list - i.e., when an item is added to this list, send a persistent notification or whatever.
Those are actually a built-in Home Assistant feature - To-do list - Home Assistant
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Is there a way to automatically increase, decrease, or update the amount of an item?
You could probably create an automation to call simple_inventory.decrement_item, simple_inventory.increment_item, or simple_inventory.update_item and then pass in the appropriate YAML. For example, if I call simple_inventory.increment_item with:
inventory_id: "01JYFPCDMBRBRK4MB3C26S2FKH"
name: "frozen pizzas"
amount: 1
it will increment the amount by 1. The amount field is how much you want to increment it by. You can get the inventory ID by going to Developer Tools → States, then filtering on “inventory” and you will see a list of your inventories and their IDs in the Attributes column.
Mind if I ask what you had in mind for using it this way? Maybe there is something I can do to make it easier.
I have a lot of uses in mind for it
For example, dishwasher tablets — subtract one tablet from the inventory each time the dishwasher runs.
Or a laundry detergent sensor based on the number of washing machine cycles, or medication — subtract one pill per day, or track the amount of pet food.
Oh those are good ideas! I just realized most of my grocery receipts get emailed to me, and I could parse those to automatically update certain items.
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Hi, thanks for sharing, works as described.
Would it make sense to everyone to hide the item controls in the card to make it a simple display card, and display the controls by clicking on an item, and possibly an option to export as a list?
I actually prefer having increment/decrement buttons right there, as it’s less clicking around when I need to adjust an amount of something. I can see maybe moving the delete button into the edit item modal, but increment and decrement will stay.
I’ve debated creating a second, read-only card, but I won’t have time to work on it for a bit.
The inventory card stopped displaying after updating to 2025.10. Looking at chrome developer tool, it seems HA is looking inside the community folder and not a custom folder of (custom_ui) which it has been the whole time. I have many other cards in custom_ui folder. Why only this one that is pointing to a new folder path?
This is my current path.
- url: /local/custom_ui/simple-inventory-card.js?v=5
type: module
Sorry for the delay. I don’t seem to have this issue, is it still a problem for you?
Yes, it is still not showing. I have not done anything and have moved back the file to the custom_ui folder as it was when it was still working.
My dashboard ui is breaking down slowly with new core updates. I will probably remove this integration as I have no idea why the card stopped showing.
I find this card really useful - thank you! The only thing it lacks for me is a description field. I plan on using it for a list of equipment held at our club house, and items often need a qualifier around things like manufacturer or model numbers. Putting everything in the name field would make it far too long for a reasonable display.
Would this be possible to add?
It would! It’s actually being (very slowly) worked on already, as I can find time. It’s taking me a lot longer than I hoped it would, due to some other projects having priority, but hopefully in the next few weeks I’ll have it done.
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This has been added to the latest release, you’ll need to update both the backend and frontend components. Let me know if there are any problems.
I’m not sure if anyone actually follows this thread at all, but I released a big update to the integration and companion card that allows for bar code scanning, price tracking, consumption history, and a few other features.
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Thank you for sharing!
Is the bar code scanning button supposed to open the camera? On my phones it opens a pick image dialog.
It should open either an inline camera if you have an https connection to your Home Assistant instance, or your phone’s camera app if you don’t. I only have an iPhone to test with though - do you have an Android?
I have an Android. No https connection.