Updates, thinking, and the occasional war story from building Weavestream in the open.
Enterprise PAM tools cost a fortune. Weavestream's per-password access controls — reason-to-view prompts, user whitelists, and a tamper-resistant reveal audit trail — give MSPs the oversight they actually need without the price tag.
Weavestream's custom asset layouts let MSPs define exactly what fields matter for each type of infrastructure — servers, switches, licenses, or anything else — and reuse those schemas across every client.
MSPs running Cloudflare Zero Trust across multiple clients need a reliable source of truth for Gateway IP lists. Weavestream's Cloudflare integration keeps those lists in sync — and automatically corrects any out-of-band edits.
Client offboarding is one of the messiest moments in MSP operations. Weavestream's password vault PDF export generates a complete, server-side credential document in seconds — useful for handovers, audits, and offline archival.
Weavestream's expiration dashboard surfaces warranty deadlines, software license renewals, and password expirations across all your clients in one colour-coded view — without spreadsheets.
Most MSPs have no good answer for where to store TOTP secrets for client accounts. Weavestream encrypts them alongside the password, generates live OTP codes in-app, and tracks every access.
Weavestream's starred items feature lets each MSP technician bookmark the companies, assets, passwords, and articles they access most — with instant access from the sidebar and dashboard.
Weavestream's documentation system gives each client a searchable knowledge base with nested folders, a per-article choice between a rich-text editor and raw Markdown, client portal visibility controls, and AI-assisted editing.
Weavestream's Company module is the top-level container for all client data — assets, passwords, articles, files, and more — with hierarchy support, sticky alerts, and terminology you can rename to match how your team already talks.
Weavestream stores network diagrams, rack photos, scripts, and any other client file directly on your own infrastructure — never in a third-party cloud.
Weavestream's PostgreSQL-backed full-text search and command palette let MSPs find any asset, article, or file instantly — without leaving the keyboard.
Weavestream enforces TOTP MFA for every account with no bypass, pairs it with a three-axis RBAC model, and adds contractor expiry for third-party access — all without a separate identity provider.
Weavestream keeps an append-only, tamper-resistant audit log of every change in your IT documentation platform — so you always know who did what, when, and from where.
Every MSP knows the pain of stale asset records. Weavestream's built-in integrations sync your RMM and network tools directly into your documentation — automatically.
Weavestream has a built-in AI chat panel that works with any OpenAI-compatible model — including self-hosted ones. Here's how it turns your IT documentation into a conversation.
Most MSP client portals are SaaS add-ons with per-seat fees. Here's how to run a self-hosted client portal inside your IT documentation platform — for free.
MSP documentation vendor lock-in costs real money. Here's why self-hosted, open-source IT documentation is the only reliable exit — and what to look for.
Small IT teams don't need enterprise bloat or per-seat fees. Here's how open source self-hosted IT documentation software actually works for 1–5 person IT departments.
Looking for a self-hosted Passportal alternative? Here's why MSPs replace N-able Passportal with an integrated, open-source documentation and credential vault platform.
Most MSPs run Snipe-IT alongside their documentation platform and credential vault. Here's why siloed asset management creates drift — and what an integrated approach looks like.
Most MSPs run a separate tool just to track SSL certificates and domain expiry. Here's why that monitoring belongs inside your self-hosted IT documentation platform.
Most MSPs pay for IT documentation and a separate password manager. Here's why your client credential vault should live inside your documentation platform — and how to do it for free.
Most MSPs run phpIPAM or NetBox separately from everything else. Here's why IP address management belongs inside your IT documentation platform — free and self-hosted.
Most homelabs run five separate apps for documentation, IPAM, passwords, assets, and SSL monitoring. Here's why one self-hosted tool covers all of it — for free.
An honest comparison of IT Glue and Weavestream — the open-source, self-hosted IT documentation platform — for MSPs, small teams, and homelabs.
An honest comparison of Hudu and Weavestream — the open-source, self-hosted IT documentation platform — for MSPs, small teams, and homelabs.
After years of paying for IT Glue and watching the bill climb every renewal, I decided to build something I actually owned.
