My wife was planning to open a micro-bakery and we started looking at software to manage recipes, inventory, orders, and production. Everything was either expensive, too generic, or both. The workflows for a small-batch manufacturer aren’t that complex, but the pricing acts like they are.

So I built Craftplan. All the features were tailored to what she actually needed, and I figured other small-scale manufacturers (soap makers, breweries, candle makers, etc.) probably need the same things. So I’m putting it out there for free.

  - Live demo: https://craftplan.fly.dev (test@test.com / Aa123123123123)
  - GitHub: https://github.com/puemos/craftplan
  - Docs: https://puemos.github.io/craftplan
  - Self-hosting guide: https://puemos.github.io/craftplan/docs/self-hosting/

What it does:

  - Product catalog with versioned recipes (BOMs) and automatic cost rollups across materials, labor, and overhead
  - Inventory tracking with lot traceability, expiry dates, allergen/nutrition flags, and demand forecasting
  - Order processing with calendar-based scheduling and allocation to production batches
  - Production planner with make sheets, material consumption from specific lots, and cost snapshots
  - Purchase orders with receiving workflow that auto-creates inventory lots
  - Basic CRM for customers and suppliers
  - CSV import/export, iCal calendar feed, JSON:API and GraphQL endpoints

Experience building with Elixir, Ash and Liveview:

  - Speed: you get to test and improve things sooo fast. The DSL makes it simple to translate your thinking into live product
  - Extensibility: With Ash + LiveView you can add more features so easily. Adding JSON:API + Grapghql was a few minutes.
  - UX: I believe LiveView makes it simple to deliver great UX since it forcing you to keep things simple with no so much interaction overhead which most of the time means better and simple experience

Self-hosting:

  - Docker image: `ghcr.io/puemos/craftplan` (amd64 + arm64)
  - Docker Compose bundles PostgreSQL 16 + MinIO.

Other details:

  - Email config from UI (SMTP, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Brevo, Amazon SES)
  - API keys encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM)
  - Role-based access (admin/staff)
  - Tech stack: Elixir, Ash Framework, Phoenix LiveView, PostgreSQL
  - License: AGPLv3

Feedback welcome (and needed!)