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Inventory Buddy

A stock app for small shopkeepers that flags what is running low, what is about to expire and what to buy.

Status: Status TBA
  • Android
  • iOS
  • Web
  • Backend

A first look

Brand and welcome screens only. Feature screens are not shown here.

  • Inventory Buddy: phone screen, light theme
  • Inventory Buddy: phone screen, dark theme
  • Inventory Buddy: desktop screen, light theme

Problem

Small shops lose money on stock that expires unnoticed and shelves that run empty, because tracking it by hand is slow.

Vision

A simple tool a shopkeeper can use in minutes a day, in their own language.

Core features

  • Barcode scanning

  • Stock reminders with quiet hours and snooze (web)

  • One backup format shared across platforms

  • Regional catalog and item sharing, which needs the catalog server

  • Optional AI assistant and photo capture, which need a proxy

Target users
Small shopkeepers. Available in English, Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi (known as InventorySaathi in the regional languages).
Platforms
  • Android
  • iOS
  • Web
  • Backend
Current status
Status: Status TBAA public status will be added when the product is ready to announce.Android is at version 1.0.0. The catalog server is not hosted and the Play Console products and release key are still pending.

Technology

Taken from the project's own build files.

  • Kotlin
  • Jetpack Compose
  • Room
  • CameraX
  • ML Kit
  • Coil
  • SwiftUI
  • React
  • Vite
  • Dexie
  • i18next
  • JSZip
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Node.js
  • Optional AI assistant

Architecture

What exists in the project today.

  1. Android app · barcode scanning
  2. Web app · IndexedDB
  3. Shared backup format
  4. Catalog server · Node
  5. AI proxy
  • Built
  • Partly built
  • Planned

Future roadmap

  1. Host the catalog server.
  2. Set up the Play Console products and the release key.
  3. Build the proxy that the AI features need.

Public links will be added when available.