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Stop digging.
Start finding.

You own the drawers. You own the bricks. What's missing is the map. Answer six questions about your collection and your containers, and get a compartment-by-compartment sorting plan — plus a printable index card that tells you where anything goes.

Answer six questions and we'll plan it for you in ≈ 60 seconds — or open the Studio and place every drawer yourself. No inventory either way.

1 · Answer six questionsCollection size, theme mix, era, minifigs, how you build. No counting required.
2 · Get your drawer mapBuilt from part-frequency data across recent sets, weighted to your answers.
3 · Print the index cardOne page. "Piece in hand → drawer it lives in." Tape it to the cabinet.

How it works

Most guides to sorting a LEGO® collection start the same way: catalogue every part first. BrickSort doesn't. It asks six quick questions and builds a plan from how common each kind of part is across recent sets — personalised to your answers. No spreadsheet, no scanning, no weekend lost to counting.

You tell it:

  • how big the collection is;
  • how your storage is laid out — how many drawers, and how many compartments each holds;
  • the kinds of sets you build (city, Technic, castle, space, and so on);
  • roughly which era your bricks are from;
  • how into minifigures you are;
  • and whether you mostly follow instructions or build your own creations.

Out comes a compartment-by-compartment plan — every drawer gets a rule you can say in one line — plus a printable index card to tape to the cabinet: piece in hand → the drawer it lives in. It's free, there's no signup, and you can share your plan as a link.

Who it's for

  • Families sorting a shared pile, so the kids can actually find the piece they want instead of tipping out a box.
  • Returning builders whose collection has quietly outgrown "one big tub".
  • Anyone with drawers — IKEA Alex, Akro-Mils, craft cabinets — and no system they can remember a month later.
  • People who won't catalogue their whole collection just to get organised.

Why it sorts the way it does

BrickSort isn't built to cram the most parts into the fewest drawers. It's built so a child can find a piece and an adult can put one back without thinking about it. Every drawer has a rule you can say out loud. Odd, rare and "where does this even go?" parts get deliberate catch-all drawers rather than derailing the whole scheme. And it leaves a little room spare, because collections grow.

The bet is simple: a system you'll actually keep using beats a perfectly efficient one you abandon after a fortnight. Predictability over packing.

Common questions

Should I sort my LEGO by colour or by type?

For building, sorting by part type and shape is usually faster than by colour — you reach for "a 1×2 plate", not "a red thing". BrickSort groups by type, keeping related parts together, and only splits by colour where it genuinely helps (the biggest plate and brick categories). If you sort mainly for display, colour can win; for finding pieces to build, type-first is the more reliable system.

Do I need to inventory my collection first?

No — that's the whole point. BrickSort works from how common each kind of part is across recent sets, personalised by six quick questions, so you get a plan in about a minute without counting or scanning anything.

How many drawers or compartments do I need?

Whatever you have. You tell BrickSort your layout — how many drawers and how many compartments each holds — and it fills exactly that, leaving a little headroom for growth. More compartments give a finer, faster-to-search sort; fewer give broader category buckets.

Does it work with IKEA Alex drawers?

Yes. Any drawer-and-compartment setup works — Alex units, Akro-Mils cabinets, craft drawers — just enter your numbers. There's even a preset for a common IKEA Alex layout (12 drawers of 8 compartments). The plan adapts to your furniture, not the other way round.

What about rare or unusual parts?

They get deliberate, clearly-labelled "misc" catch-all drawers, so an odd piece has an obvious home instead of breaking your system. Predictability matters more than squeezing every part into a perfect category.

What about minifigures?

If you build with minifigs, BrickSort gives them a dedicated station kept together in as few drawers as possible — heads, torsos, legs, accessories — so you can remake characters without hunting across the whole cabinet.

Is BrickSort really free?

Yes — completely free. No signup, no account, nothing to install. Answer the questions, get your plan, print the index card, and share it as a link.

Is my data private?

Yes. There are no accounts and no cookies, and BrickSort doesn't collect personal data — only anonymous, aggregate usage counts to see which features help. Your answers live in the plan link you choose to share, and nowhere else.

Your sorting plan

The index card

Piece in hand → drawer it lives in. Not comprehensive — it covers the decisions people actually hesitate over; everything else falls through to a misc bucket.

BRICKSORT · INDEX

Drawer labels

One label per drawer front, summarising what’s inside — the dominant zones and how many compartments. Pick the size that fits your drawers; each keeps only what fits, from a full breakdown-and-icons card down to a code you match against the index. Print at 100% (not “fit to page”) so the millimetres stay true.

LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of Companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this product. Silhouettes are BrickSort’s own renders.

MANUAL MODE

Studio — build it by hand

Set up your storage below, then drag a brick type from the taxonomy onto a drawer and hit auto-assign to fill its bins. A type takes only the bins it needs, so leftovers stay free for another type; drop the same type onto a second drawer and it spans both. When it looks right, build your plan and labels.

Assigned branches cover 0% of a typical collection

0% assigned100% → misc

A rough estimate from population priors — it just flags which branches you haven't given a home yet.

Brick taxonomy — drag to a drawer