BorderKit
GEAR INVENTORY · REUSABLE KITS · EVENTS

Every piece of gear you own.
Every event you pack for.

BorderKit is a personal inventory, kits and event preparation workspace. Catalogue what you own, build kits you reuse, prepare for real events, and refine your setups with evidence. More than a packing list.

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WEB BETA · KEEPS WORKING OFFLINE AFTER FIRST LOAD · EXPORTS A PORTABLE JSON COPY

THE WEB BETA · WORKSPACE SCREENSHOT TO FOLLOW

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WHAT THIS IS FOR · 12 CAPABILITIES

What you get, on day one.

No tour required. The locker, the kits, and the loop that connects them to every event.

  • 01
    GEAR LOCKER

    Every item as one record: weight, brand, location, expiry.

  • 02
    WORKS OFFLINE

    Full inventory access with no connection. Changes queue and sync.

  • 03
    REUSABLE KITS

    Build a bundle once and reuse it as the packing list for any event.

  • 04
    REVIEWS THAT REPEAT

    Every event closes with a review, and the review updates the gear.

  • 05
    METRICS & ANALYTICS

    Total load, pack rate, and usage history, tracked automatically.

  • 06
    STORAGE LOOKUP

    Search quantity and location before you buy a duplicate.

  • 07
    TAGS & TAXONOMY

    Categories, tags, and locations make everything findable.

  • 08
    PACKING PROGRESS

    Tick items in as you pack. The event shows what is still outstanding.

  • 09
    EXPIRY & CONSUMABLES

    Fuel, batteries, and medical stock flagged before they lapse.

  • 10
    WEIGHT ROLLUP

    Item weights add up through kits into one event total.

  • 11
    PORTABLE EXPORT

    Take a JSON copy of the whole inventory whenever you want.

  • 12
    WEB NOW, NATIVE SOON

    Full functionality in the browser today. iOS and Android next.

FOUR PRIMITIVES

The whole model, in four objects

Nothing else to learn. Three of them hold the things you own, group, and use. The fourth is the structure that ties them together.

  • Gear
    What you own. One record per item, carrying weight, brand, condition, expiry, and where it is stored.
  • Kits
    How you group it. A bundle built around one purpose, assembled once and pulled into any event after that.
  • Events
    Where you use it. One dated situation that pulls in kits and loose items, then tracks what is actually packed.
  • Taxonomy
    What connects it. Categories, tags, locations, and the reviews that carry each event back onto the gear.

PLAN · USE · REVIEW · REFINE

Continuous refinement of what you have, what you need and how you put it to work

One place to connect the gear you own, the kits you reuse, and the events where those setups are put to work. The part that matters is the return leg: the review lands back on the items, so the next plan starts from evidence.

  • OWNWeight, location, and condition in one current record.
  • BUNDLEGroup gear by purpose, so nothing is rebuilt from memory.
  • PACKPull kits into a real date and track what is packed.
  • REVIEWRecord it while it is true. The review updates the gear.

WHO IT SERVES

Different stakes. The same repeated problem.

BorderKit is for people who prepare more than once. The checklists differ between these contexts; the loop does not.

  • OUTDOOR & EXPEDITION

    Backpacking, ski touring, paddling, expeditions. Pack weight and kit readiness where the wrong load costs you.

  • PHOTOGRAPHY & FIELD WORK

    Bodies, lenses, batteries, media, spares. A gear checklist that has to match the bag exactly, because the kit is the job.

  • TRAVEL & WORKING ABROAD

    Frequent trips and long stints away. A travel packing list refined every cycle instead of rebuilt from memory.

  • EMERGENCY & RESPONSE KITS

    An emergency kit checklist that sits ready for months. Expiry and replacement cycles checked against a record, not recall.

  • FAMILY LOGISTICS

    One person packing for several. Quantities, ownership and last-minute items held in one place.

  • ORGANISED HOBBIES

    Dive gear, festival rigs, van builds, club kit. Any repeated event with equipment counts.

START ANYWHERE

Begin with the part you already know.

A plan can begin with the categories a situation requires, then link exact owned items only where they matter.

Why BorderKit works this way →
  • Build a kit
    Set out what a purpose requires using categories first. Add specific gear only where the exact item matters.
  • Plan an event
    Bring reusable kits into a real situation, pack what this use needs, and keep the result for next time.
  • Catalogue your gear
    Keep a clear record of what you own without making a complete inventory the price of getting started.

WORKS WHERE PREPARATION HAPPENS

After you have signed in and loaded the relevant data, the core workflow remains available offline and syncs when you reconnect.

OFFLINE & EXPORT

Exactly what offline and export mean here

Correct as of workspace app v1.5.0. When the behaviour changes, this section changes with the release note.

WORKS OFFLINE

After sign-in and first load, gear, kits, events and the packing list itself keep working with no connection. Changes queue on the device and sync when you reconnect; failed syncs retry rather than discard.

NOT COVERED

The first sign-in needs a connection, and your data must have loaded once before it is available offline.

Offline questions in the docs →
PORTABLE EXPORT

One action produces a JSON file holding gear, kits, events and taxonomy, in the same shape the app reads back. Export is available to every beta account.

STILL BUILDING

Import from a JSON file is on the roadmap board and has not shipped yet.

See it on the roadmap →

WHAT IS BORDERKIT?

A plain answer.

BorderKit is a gear inventory, reusable kits and events workspace at borderkit.com, built and run by one person. It is currently a web beta, with native iOS and Android planned next.

The full answer →
CATEGORY
Gear inventory, reusable kits and event preparation
STATUS
Web beta. Native iOS and Android next.
MAKER
One independent developer
DATA
Works offline after first load. Exports portable JSON.
THE NAME
borderkit.io is a separate visa-checklist product by a different maker. The two are unrelated. This site is borderkit.com.

TODAY / NEXT

Where BorderKit is going

NOWWeb beta. The core gear, kits, events, packing, review, and refinement workflow through the web, with offline operation and portable export.
NEXTNative iOS and Android apps, alongside continued refinement of the core experience from real beta use.
Read the full roadmap →

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Customer-facing release changes, on the record

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