The story behind ArmoryHub — from the guy who built it
ArmoryHub is built and maintained by Marc Wrigglesworth — a farmer, self-taught developer, and firearm enthusiast based in West Point, Georgia.
I'm originally from the UK. I moved to the US in 2019 with my wife, who's from West Point. I quickly developed a deep appreciation for my newly acquired Second Amendment rights — and I took full advantage of them. My collection grew fast.
By day, I run Lily Hill Farm with my wife — we raise cattle and grow hay. Farming gives me the flexibility to work on passion projects like this one. It also gives me plenty of space to exercise those rights — there's nothing quite like shooting on your own land.
ArmoryHub is a one-man operation. No team. No venture capital. No corporate roadmap. Just me, working on this in the evenings and weekends because I genuinely enjoy it.
I needed a way to track everything — serial numbers, maintenance, round counts, the works. I looked at what was already out there and honestly... nothing did what I needed. They were either clunky, outdated, ugly, or missing features I actually cared about.
So I built my own. Then I figured — if I find this useful, maybe others will too.
I originally wrote ArmoryHub in Swift for iOS and Mac. But to support Android, Windows, or even a web browser, I'd need to maintain two huge, separate codebases. That wasn't sustainable for one person.
So I made a tough call: rewrite ArmoryHub from the ground up as a Progressive Web App. The app you see on the App Store now is just the PWA wrapped in a Swift container. The real app lives on the web.
This means one codebase that runs everywhere — iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, any browser. When there's a bug, I can fix it and push an update the same day. No more waiting for Apple to review and approve a typo fix.
There's another benefit: platform independence. If Apple ever decides they don't want gun-adjacent apps on their App Store — and that's not outside the realm of possibility — ArmoryHub would survive. Your data is stored in our cloud, not Apple's. If the App Store version disappeared tomorrow, you'd just use the web app at portal.armoryhub.app. No single company gets to be a kill switch for your firearm records.
ArmoryHub actually loses money right now — hosting, infrastructure, and development tools aren't free. I'm in it because I think firearm owners deserve a secure, well-designed, modern tool to manage their collections. And because I enjoy building it.
There's no big QA team. It's just me. Bugs happen. Things break. I do my best, but I can't catch everything on my own.
Here's the thing — it's virtually impossible to advertise this app. Anything gun or gun-adjacent gets flagged and blocked by Meta, X, TikTok, Google... you name it. So I rely entirely on word of mouth.
If you find ArmoryHub useful, I'd really appreciate if you could:
Share armoryhub.app with friends at the range or your gun club
Post about it on Reddit — if you're active on gun subreddits, a genuine recommendation goes a long way. I can't self-promote there, but you can share your experience
Leave a review on the App Store or at armoryhub.app/reviews — it genuinely helps
Follow on Instagram @armoryhubapp — and share with your friends
More users = more time I can dedicate = more features for everyone.
If something's broken, if you hate a feature, if you wish something existed — tell me. You won't hurt my feelings. I've had users send me brutally honest feedback, and it's genuinely the most valuable thing I can receive. You're not yelling into a corporate void — you're emailing me directly. And I actually respond. Often the same day.
Thanks for giving ArmoryHub a shot. I hope it serves you as well as it serves me.
— Marc
Your review helps other firearm owners discover the app — and helps me keep building.