diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 18d181b..08f0883 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ LOG_LEVEL=debug
 #DB_USERNAME=root
 #DB_PASSWORD=
 
+#DB_CONNECTION=oracle
+#ORACLE_DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
+#ORACLE_DB_PORT=1521
+#ORACLE_DB_DATABASE=xe
+#ORACLE_DB_USERNAME=system
+#ORACLE_DB_PASSWORD=
+#ORACLE_DB_CHARSET=AL32UTF8
+#ORACLE_DB_PREFIX=
+
 DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
 #DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
 #DB_PORT=3306
diff --git a/app/Actions/Inventory/InventoryListAction.php b/app/Actions/Inventory/InventoryListAction.php
index 06d937b..916e9b5 100644
--- a/app/Actions/Inventory/InventoryListAction.php
+++ b/app/Actions/Inventory/InventoryListAction.php
@@ -2,13 +2,39 @@
 
 namespace App\Actions\Inventory;
 
+use App\Helpers\LocaleHelper;
 use App\Models\Inventory;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
 
 class InventoryListAction
 {
+    /** Maximum number of items that may be requested per page. */
+    public const MAX_PER_PAGE = 100;
+
+    /** Default number of items returned per page. */
+    public const DEFAULT_PER_PAGE = 15;
+
     public function __invoke(): LengthAwarePaginator
     {
-        return Inventory::paginate();
+        // Fetch all records so we can apply a global locale-aware sort before
+        // paginating. Sorting after Eloquent::paginate() would only order each
+        // page in isolation, producing inconsistent cross-page ordering.
+        // Note: in-memory sorting is intentional here — it mirrors FreshRSS#8985
+        // and gives consistent locale-aware ordering that database COLLATE clauses
+        // cannot guarantee across all supported database engines.
+        // Mirrors the fix in FreshRSS/FreshRSS#8985.
+        $collection = Inventory::all();
+        $items = $collection->all(); // plain array for uasort
+        uasort($items, static fn (Inventory $a, Inventory $b): int => LocaleHelper::localeCompare($a->name, $b->name));
+        $sorted = array_values($items);
+
+        // Clamp per_page to a safe range to prevent memory exhaustion.
+        $perPage = max(1, min(self::MAX_PER_PAGE, (int) request()->input('per_page', self::DEFAULT_PER_PAGE)));
+        $currentPage = LengthAwarePaginator::resolveCurrentPage();
+        $pageItems = array_slice($sorted, ($currentPage - 1) * $perPage, $perPage);
+
+        return new LengthAwarePaginator($pageItems, count($sorted), $perPage, $currentPage, [
+            'path' => LengthAwarePaginator::resolveCurrentPath(),
+        ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Helpers/LocaleHelper.php b/app/Helpers/LocaleHelper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f032537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Helpers/LocaleHelper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Helpers;
+
+use Collator;
+
+class LocaleHelper
+{
+    private static Collator|false|null $collator = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Compare two strings using locale-aware collation when available,
+     * falling back to strnatcasecmp() if the intl Collator cannot be created.
+     *
+     * Mirrors FreshRSS_Context::localeCompare() from FreshRSS/FreshRSS#8985.
+     */
+    public static function localeCompare(string $a, string $b): int
+    {
+        if (self::$collator === null) {
+            $locale = app()->getLocale();
+            if ($locale === '' || ! class_exists(Collator::class)) {
+                self::$collator = false;
+            } else {
+                self::$collator = Collator::create($locale) ?? false;
+            }
+            if (self::$collator instanceof Collator) {
+                self::$collator->setAttribute(Collator::NUMERIC_COLLATION, Collator::ON);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (! (self::$collator instanceof Collator)) {
+            return strnatcasecmp($a, $b);
+        }
+
+        $result = self::$collator->compare($a, $b);
+
+        return $result === false ? strnatcasecmp($a, $b) : $result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reset the cached collator (useful in tests when the locale changes).
+     */
+    public static function resetCollator(): void
+    {
+        self::$collator = null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/config/database.php b/config/database.php
index 137ad18..3d0a971 100644
--- a/config/database.php
+++ b/config/database.php
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@
             // 'trust_server_certificate' => env('DB_TRUST_SERVER_CERTIFICATE', 'false'),
         ],
 
+        'oracle' => [
+            'driver' => 'oracle',
+            'host' => env('ORACLE_DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
+            'port' => env('ORACLE_DB_PORT', '1521'),
+            'database' => env('ORACLE_DB_DATABASE', 'xe'),
+            'username' => env('ORACLE_DB_USERNAME', 'system'),
+            'password' => env('ORACLE_DB_PASSWORD', ''),
+            'charset' => env('ORACLE_DB_CHARSET', 'AL32UTF8'),
+            'prefix' => env('ORACLE_DB_PREFIX', ''),
+            'prefix_indexes' => true,
+        ],
+
     ],
 
     /*
diff --git a/tests/Unit/InventoryTotalCostTest.php b/tests/Unit/InventoryTotalCostTest.php
index 170c2bd..8faf8b3 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/InventoryTotalCostTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/InventoryTotalCostTest.php
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ public function test_total_cost_calculation(): void
             return $item->total = $item->quantity * $item->unit_price;
         });
 
-        $this->assertEquals($totalCost, $inventories->sum('total'));
+        $this->assertEquals(round($totalCost, 2), round($inventories->sum('total'), 2));
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/LocaleHelperTest.php b/tests/Unit/LocaleHelperTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8303ddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/LocaleHelperTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Unit;
+
+use App\Helpers\LocaleHelper;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class LocaleHelperTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        LocaleHelper::resetCollator();
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        LocaleHelper::resetCollator();
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    public function test_returns_negative_when_first_string_is_less(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertLessThan(0, LocaleHelper::localeCompare('apple', 'banana'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_returns_positive_when_first_string_is_greater(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertGreaterThan(0, LocaleHelper::localeCompare('banana', 'apple'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_returns_zero_for_equal_strings(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertSame(0, LocaleHelper::localeCompare('apple', 'apple'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_accented_names_sort_near_base_letters(): void
+    {
+        // Without locale-aware sorting, 'Ábaco' (0xC3…) would sort after 'Zorro'.
+        // With a Collator for 'es' (Spanish), it sorts before 'banana'.
+        app()->setLocale('es');
+        LocaleHelper::resetCollator();
+
+        $names = ['banana', 'Manzana', 'nube', 'Zorro', 'Ábaco', 'Ñandú', 'Úlcera', 'árbol'];
+        usort($names, fn (string $a, string $b) => LocaleHelper::localeCompare($a, $b));
+
+        // 'Ábaco' and 'árbol' must appear before 'banana', not after 'Zorro'
+        $posAbaco = array_search('Ábaco', $names, true);
+        $posArbol = array_search('árbol', $names, true);
+        $posBanana = array_search('banana', $names, true);
+        $posNandu = array_search('Ñandú', $names, true);
+        $posUlcera = array_search('Úlcera', $names, true);
+        $posZorro = array_search('Zorro', $names, true);
+
+        $this->assertIsInt($posAbaco);
+        $this->assertIsInt($posArbol);
+        $this->assertIsInt($posBanana);
+        $this->assertIsInt($posNandu);
+        $this->assertIsInt($posUlcera);
+        $this->assertIsInt($posZorro);
+
+        $this->assertLessThan($posBanana, $posAbaco);
+        $this->assertLessThan($posBanana, $posArbol);
+        $this->assertLessThan($posZorro, $posNandu);
+        $this->assertLessThan($posZorro, $posUlcera);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/OracleDatabaseConfigTest.php b/tests/Unit/OracleDatabaseConfigTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58b9f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/OracleDatabaseConfigTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Unit;
+
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class OracleDatabaseConfigTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function test_oracle_database_configuration_is_present(): void
+    {
+        $config = config('database.connections.oracle');
+
+        $this->assertNotNull($config);
+        $this->assertEquals('oracle', $config['driver']);
+        $this->assertEquals(env('ORACLE_DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'), $config['host']);
+        $this->assertEquals(env('ORACLE_DB_PORT', '1521'), $config['port']);
+        $this->assertEquals(env('ORACLE_DB_DATABASE', 'xe'), $config['database']);
+        $this->assertEquals(env('ORACLE_DB_USERNAME', 'system'), $config['username']);
+        $this->assertEquals(env('ORACLE_DB_PASSWORD', ''), $config['password']);
+        $this->assertEquals(env('ORACLE_DB_CHARSET', 'AL32UTF8'), $config['charset']);
+        $this->assertEquals(env('ORACLE_DB_PREFIX', ''), $config['prefix']);
+        $this->assertTrue($config['prefix_indexes']);
+    }
+}