What is Kegbot?

Kegbot is a free, open-source project to turn your beer kegerator into a computerized drink tracker. Kegbot is an open source project, intended to beer enthusiasts, DIY hackers, homebrewers, and anyone with an interest in monitoring their beer.

Features

Kegbot can support all sorts of features; here are the big ones:

• Tracks and records every pour in a database -- know exactly how much is left in your keg.
• Temperature sensor recording -- know how cold that beer is.
• Multi-user authentication system -- use a variety of possible devices (RFID, iButton, PIN, etc) to "log in" to your beer tap. Know who is pouring and when.
• Web frontend -- stats, charts, and other goodies,

Author

Kegbot was started by Mike Wakerly when he had too much time on his hands in 2003. He remains the maintainer of the project, and is to blame for virtually all of the code thus far.

License / Price

Kegbot is a free, opensource project, licensed under the GPL version 2. Code and documentation have been available under these terms since the beginning the project.

Getting Started

To start building your own, check out our getting started section at left