Phonox: The AI Agent That Finally Understands Your Vinyl Collection

Phonox — AI-powered vinyl collection management

If you’ve ever stared at a crate of records wondering what each one is worth — or spent an afternoon manually entering artist names and pressing details into a spreadsheet — Phonox was built for you.

Phonox is a free, open-source AI agent for vinyl collectors. Point a camera at an album cover (or barcode), and it identifies the record, fetches valuations from Discogs and MusicBrainz, finds the Spotify album link, and saves everything to your personal collection — all in seconds.

The Main Interface

After selecting your profile, the main dashboard loads: the Vinyl Assistant chat on the left, the Vinyl Card on the right. Your collection count lives permanently in the top-right corner.

Phonox main dashboard — The main dashboard — chat panel and Vinyl Card side by side on desktop

All your data stays on your machine. No cloud account required. Getting started takes three commands.

📸 Snap → Identify → Catalogue

Upload one photo (or several), and Phonox does the heavy lifting:

Uploading a vinyl label photo — Step 1 — Upload a photo of the record label or cover. The chat confirms the upload instantly.

AI analysis — full result with Discogs sources and value card — Step 2 — Full AI analysis: band, pressing details, Discogs sources, estimated market value. This Danzig first pressing was identified at **97% confidence** and priced at **€280 (VG+)**.

The Vinyl Card updates in real time with complete metadata — title, artist, label, catalogue number, year, genres, condition, Spotify link, and a live-market value card. No manual data entry.

💰 Your Collection at a Glance

Phonox — analysis detail view with Discogs source links — Analysis detail view — Discogs sources, confidence score, and market value all in one place

Press My Register to open your personal collection — every record with its cover image, metadata, genre tags, confidence score, and estimated market value.

Vinyl Register — grid view — Grid view — 331 records, €8,823 total estimated value. Sortable by artist, year, value, or confidence.

Vinyl Register — list view — List view — denser layout, ideal for scanning large collections.

Register search and filter — Search and filter by artist, title, label, or genre in real time.

🗂 Record Detail — Every Pressing, Every Field

Click any record to load it into the Vinyl Card. Edit any field — artist, title, year, label, catalogue number, barcode, genres, condition, estimated value.

Vinyl Card — record loaded — Record loaded — Art Blakey, Blue Note 1958. Album art, Spotify link, catalogue number, and market value all visible at a glance.

Vinyl Card — edit mode — Edit mode — correct or enrich any metadata field, then save back to your register with one click.

💬 Ask Anything About Your Collection

The built-in AI agent (powered by Claude) searches the web in real time and understands your entire collection. Ask it anything:

AI chat — response with web sources — The assistant returns sourced, structured answers — sources are listed and clickable.

AI collection analysis — Press **Analyse Collection** for a full AI report: genre breakdown, investment highlights, rare finds, and personalised collecting recommendations.

📱 Fully Responsive — Works on Your Phone

Every panel can expand to full screen on mobile. Add records from the record fair floor with your phone.

Phonox on mobile — main interface — Mobile main view — 50/50 panel split, no page scrolling

Phonox on mobile — Vinyl Card expanded — Mobile main view — 50/50 panel split, no page scrolling

Try It

The source code is on GitHub — Hoshi42/phonox. Contributions, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome.

If you’re a collector managing a serious library — or just starting to wonder what’s hiding in your crates — give Phonox a spin. Your collection deserves better than a spreadsheet.