My wife is a nail technician, we just finished getting a nail salon set up for her at home. At the salon she works at right now, she uses a scheduling / crm software called Rosy, I'm trying to see if I can find a self hosted software that can do the same thing for her. I took a look at using Odoo community figuring they'd probably have something that could do it, but it's locked behind the enterprise license (also way too heavy for how small this operation will be). I've looked at maybe using Monica CRM plus just using a calendar, cal.com, I looked at nextcloud plugins, I even tried making my own kind of solution with base-row+n8n+a simple calendar. I thought I found a good option with Savspot, a relatively recent project, but it didn't really work quite right and apparently the entire codebase is ai generated. I'm probably overcomplicating this honestly, does anyone here have any suggestions for software that can do this?

edit: I don't know how through all this searching I never found Easy!Appointments, but it actually seems to be exactly what we're looking for, at least based on the demo. I'm gonna have to give it a try, I'll be back with an update.

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[–] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

If you're just looking for appointment scheduling then Easy!Appointments may work. It has a self-hosted version. Note: I've not tested it, I just went searching online because I was curious.

Aside from that, there looks to be a ton of WordPress plugins you can use, though they usually have a (smallish) cost associated with them.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago*
    • LibreBooking
    • Rallly
    • Easy!Appointments
    • OpenSondage
    • Cal.com (recently discontinued/gone closed source)
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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Probably not. This rosy app is tailored to salon stuff and honestly looks really good.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I know you're looking for self-hosted, and I hope you find it. But in case you don't, the free tier of calendly might do the job. I used to use it when I was job hunting.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    I had LibreBooking running for a bit as a solution to an unrelated problem (scheduling a piece of equipment), but it may also fit your use case.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Over kill unless you already run it, but nextcloud can do appointments.

    Also Im if your a Google device, your Gmail calendar may also do appointments

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    I’ve not used it myself but cal.com could work for you as well. Their docs provide instructions on how to self host.

    ETA: I think I actually tried this out on the individual tier for my wife, she was thinking of doing some personal training / life coaching and using this to provide appointments. I thought it was flexible enough but didn’t give it an earnest try.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    FYI cal.com has recently gone closed-source "for security".

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    You’ve got some good options, but let me mention that if you dig Odoo, there are alternatives to pretty much all the “Enterprise” apps. Just use the Third Party App Store or browse through the OCA (https://apps.odoo-community.org/shop).

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