For operations teams

The tool the team keeps asking for, running by Friday.

Dockhand, an equipment tracker for three warehouses, was built from the sentence below. It is live at dockhand.instroc.app.

Dockhand, an equipment tracker showing a forklift overdue after 24 hours in red, open on a phone at dockhand.instroc.app — dockhand.instroc.app · Open in a new tab ↗

An equipment tracker for our three warehouses: staff sign in, check a scanner or forklift in and out, anything out longer than 24 hours turns red, and every Monday at 07:00 the shift leads get the list of what is still out.

Sends to sign-up with this sentence in your box. Change any word first.

What it got with nothing to set up: sign-in and accounts · a database · scheduled jobs · emails from the app (Starter and up) · a live address.

Dockhand, built from the sentence on this page.

Five more sentences to paste

Each builds a working app with the parts listed beside it. A part that needs a paid plan says which.

The rota
A shift rota where staff offer a shift, a colleague takes it, and a manager approves the swap before it counts.
- Sign-in and accounts · Each person sees their own · A database
- Sign-in and accounts
- Each person sees their own
- A database
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The approvals
A purchase request form: anything under 500 goes straight through, anything over waits for a manager, and finance sees everything approved this month.
- Sign-in and accounts · Each person sees their own · A database
- Sign-in and accounts
- Each person sees their own
- A database
Build this one ↗
The supplier list
A supplier directory with contacts and contract end dates, and a list every Wednesday of contracts ending in the next 60 days.
- A database · Scheduled jobs · Teammates who edit (Starter and up)
- A database
- Scheduled jobs
- Teammates who edit (Starter and up)
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The site check
A morning site check on the phone: a checklist, a photo for anything broken, and a board of open issues until someone marks them fixed.
- Sign-in and accounts · File storage · A database
- Sign-in and accounts
- File storage
- A database
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The stock count
A stock count for our two kitchens: each closes the day with what is left, and the morning order is worked out from the totals.
- Sign-in and accounts · A database · Scheduled jobs
- Sign-in and accounts
- A database
- Scheduled jobs
Build this one ↗

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Asked before starting

Can it run things on a schedule?: Yes. Every app can run jobs at set times: every morning, every Monday, the first of the month. Jobs that email people need Starter ($15/month) or up.
Will it work on the warehouse floor, on a phone?: Yes. Every app is a web app at its own address, so staff open it in the phone's browser with nothing to install. Photos taken on the phone go straight into the app's file storage.
Can we keep it to staff only?: Yes. Any app can require sign-in before it shows anything, on every plan. From Hobby ($6/month) an app can also be private to the members of its workspace.
Can the rest of the team edit it?: Yes, from Starter ($15/month). A workspace holds the apps, and you invite editors (Starter 5, Pro 25, Business 100) and as many viewers as you like, free. Builds in a workspace are paid from that workspace's credits, so the people you invite need no plan of their own.
What does an internal tool cost?: One person can build and publish on the Free plan. Teammates who edit start at Starter ($15/month). The plans: Free $0, 30 credits a month, $5 of hosting usage once; Hobby $6/month, 40 credits a month, $5 of hosting usage a month; Starter $15/month, 100 credits a month, $10 of hosting usage a month; Pro $40/month, 250 credits a month, $20 of hosting usage a month; Business $80/month, 500 credits a month, $25 of hosting usage a month. Building spends credits; a running app spends hosting usage, and each plan includes some.
Can IT take the code?: Yes. Every app is real React and TypeScript, and you can read and download the source on every plan, Free included. From Hobby ($6/month) up you can also edit the code in the built-in editor.
Where does our data live?: Each app has its own database. A customer sees only their own records unless you decide otherwise, table by table. You can pick where an app's database lives, keep a workspace's new apps in Europe, and take a backup whenever you want. From Hobby ($6/month), a backup is also taken every day and the last 7 are kept.

The tracker, running by Friday, from one sentence.

After sign-up the sentence is waiting in your prompt box. Nothing is built until you press send. The Free plan needs no card.

Five more sentences to paste

Each builds a working app with the parts listed beside it. A part that needs a paid plan says which.

The rota

A shift rota where staff offer a shift, a colleague takes it, and a manager approves the swap before it counts.

Sign-in and accounts · Each person sees their own · A database
Sign-in and accounts
Each person sees their own
A database

Build this one ↗

The approvals

A purchase request form: anything under 500 goes straight through, anything over waits for a manager, and finance sees everything approved this month.

Sign-in and accounts · Each person sees their own · A database
Sign-in and accounts
Each person sees their own
A database

Build this one ↗

The supplier list

A supplier directory with contacts and contract end dates, and a list every Wednesday of contracts ending in the next 60 days.

A database · Scheduled jobs · Teammates who edit (Starter and up)
A database
Scheduled jobs
Teammates who edit (Starter and up)

Build this one ↗

The site check

A morning site check on the phone: a checklist, a photo for anything broken, and a board of open issues until someone marks them fixed.

Sign-in and accounts · File storage · A database
Sign-in and accounts
File storage
A database

Build this one ↗

The stock count

A stock count for our two kitchens: each closes the day with what is left, and the morning order is worked out from the totals.

Sign-in and accounts · A database · Scheduled jobs
Sign-in and accounts
A database
Scheduled jobs

Build this one ↗

Asked before starting

Can it run things on a schedule?

Yes. Every app can run jobs at set times: every morning, every Monday, the first of the month. Jobs that email people need Starter ($15/month) or up.

Will it work on the warehouse floor, on a phone?

Yes. Every app is a web app at its own address, so staff open it in the phone's browser with nothing to install. Photos taken on the phone go straight into the app's file storage.

Can we keep it to staff only?

Yes. Any app can require sign-in before it shows anything, on every plan. From Hobby ($6/month) an app can also be private to the members of its workspace.

Can the rest of the team edit it?

Yes, from Starter ($15/month). A workspace holds the apps, and you invite editors (Starter 5, Pro 25, Business 100) and as many viewers as you like, free. Builds in a workspace are paid from that workspace's credits, so the people you invite need no plan of their own.

What does an internal tool cost?

One person can build and publish on the Free plan. Teammates who edit start at Starter ($15/month). The plans: Free $0, 30 credits a month, $5 of hosting usage once; Hobby $6/month, 40 credits a month, $5 of hosting usage a month; Starter $15/month, 100 credits a month, $10 of hosting usage a month; Pro $40/month, 250 credits a month, $20 of hosting usage a month; Business $80/month, 500 credits a month, $25 of hosting usage a month. Building spends credits; a running app spends hosting usage, and each plan includes some.

Can IT take the code?

Yes. Every app is real React and TypeScript, and you can read and download the source on every plan, Free included. From Hobby ($6/month) up you can also edit the code in the built-in editor.

Where does our data live?

Each app has its own database. A customer sees only their own records unless you decide otherwise, table by table. You can pick where an app's database lives, keep a workspace's new apps in Europe, and take a backup whenever you want. From Hobby ($6/month), a backup is also taken every day and the last 7 are kept.

The tracker, running by Friday, from one sentence.

After sign-up the sentence is waiting in your prompt box. Nothing is built until you press send. The Free plan needs no card.