February 19, 2026
Home chores go full nerd
Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal
A keyboard-only home tracker has fans swooning—and a surprise debate about ancient houses
TLDR: Micasa is a keyboard-driven home tracker that stores repairs, warranties, vendors, and files in one local file—no cloud. Commenters loved the stylish text interface and playful demo, with a quirky side debate about how long houses last, making it a neat, private upgrade from messy binders and receipts.
Micasa just dropped as the home maintenance app you run in a text-only window, and the crowd went wild for its looks. The top vibe? Awe. One user gasped, “a beautiful TUI” (that’s a text interface), while others called it “pretty slick” and gushed over the playful, smashable demo house at the top. Yes, there’s literally an interactive, destructible house and people are obsessed.
Under the hood, it keeps all your repairs, appliance warranties, vendor contacts, quotes, and photos in one local file—no cloud, no fuss. Fans love the “your machine, your data” energy and the keyboard-only flow that feels like flying. The feature that sparked cheers: side‑by‑side quotes for vendors so you can actually make a decision without spreadsheet chaos.
But the quiet drama? Someone side-eyed the idea of tracking stuff for decades—“Not sure what house would last that long”—and a history buff swooped in with ancient buildings, basically saying: homes can outlive your phone and your grandkids. Meanwhile, practical folks lined up to test-drive it with sample data, promising to ditch shoebox receipts and sticky notes for good. The vibe is clear: this is home ownership turned boss mode, with a tiny history lesson thrown in for spice.
Key Points
- •Micasa is a terminal-based tool for tracking home maintenance, projects, quotes, vendors, appliances, and incidents.
- •All data and attachments are stored locally in a single SQLite file for easy backup.
- •The interface uses Vim-style modal keys and supports navigation, editing, sorting, fuzzy search, column hiding, and record drilling.
- •Installation is available via Go (1.25+) or prebuilt binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows on amd64 and arm64.
- •A demo mode with sample data and a command to print the database path are provided for quick evaluation and setup.