Features

Built for the bench,
not the boardroom.

Every feature in StringsTheory was designed around how real repair shops, retailers, and goods producers actually work — from intake to invoice. Runs natively on Mac and iPad.

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Dashboard
Your shop's pulse at a glance.
✓Summary metric cards: Total Items, Inventory Value, Low Stock Alerts, Active Work Orders
✓Recent Work Orders table with live status badges
✓Quick navigation to all sections from one place
StringsTheory Dashboard
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Inventory
Complete control over every item on your shelves.
✓Create, edit, duplicate, and delete inventory items
✓Hero image per item with macOS file chooser and iPad Photos picker
✓Auto-generated SKU with configurable format and custom patterns
✓Camera-based barcode scanning to find or create items
✓Serialized item tracking with per-unit management
✓Wholesale linking to base retail items — quantity, cost, and category linked, sale price independent
✓Low stock alerts with visual indicators
✓Bulk select and edit multiple items at once: category, location, sync flags, and more
✓Show/hide table columns: Image, SKU, Category, Qty, Cost, Price, Source, Location
✓CSV import/export with column mapping and taxonomy approval
✓Link items to Square catalog items or Shopify products
✓Dymo-compatible label printing with configurable templates
✓Right-click context menus for quick actions
Inventory Management
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Work Orders
From drop-off to pick-up, fully tracked.
✓Kanban board and list view modes
✓Status workflow: Pending, In Progress, Completed, Cancelled
✓Work order templates with pre-filled defaults, checklists, and custom fields
✓Email work orders with PDF directly to customers — no email setup required
✓20 emails/month on Monthly · Unlimited on Annual
✓Custom email sender domain — send from your own address (Annual)
✓Customer signature capture at drop-off — no paper forms
✓PDF generation with full business branding
✓Custom progress tags with color coding
✓Repair label printing with your business branding
Work Orders Kanban Board
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Customers
Keep every client relationship organized.
✓Create, edit, and delete customer profiles
✓Search by name, email, phone, or company
✓CSV import/export with validation
✓Associated work order count displayed per customer
Customer List
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Bill of Materials
Know exactly what goes into every build. Included on all plans.
✓Create assemblies with output items and components
✓Automatic cost calculation from component unit costs
✓Card-based layout showing full component breakdown at a glance
Bill of Materials
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Production Tracking
Serial-level visibility across everything you build.
✓Track serialized units across inventory items
✓Custom production fields: text, number, date
✓Quick add panel for serial number ranges
✓Import serialized units from Google Sheets per-item worksheets
✓Preview imports with auto-matching, NEW/UPDATE badges, and selective import
✓Unmatched worksheet picker and auto-serialize prompt for non-serialized items
✓Status filtering and serial number search
✓Duplicate serial number detection and auto-cleanup
✓Print queue for batch label printing
✓Multi-select with bulk status changes
Production Tracking
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COGS Reports
Real numbers, real margins.
✓Date range filtering
✓Summary cards: Revenue, COGS, Gross Profit, and Margin
✓Breakdown by item, category, day, or month
✓Transaction ledger with filtering
✓Manual transaction recording
COGS Reports
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Integrations
Connect your tools, automate the grunt work.
✓Google Sheets: Full inventory sync (16 columns) with Internal SKU as primary key
✓Google Sheets: Two-way sync for serialized units with per-item worksheets
✓Google Sheets: Import production units with preview and selective import
✓Google Sheets: Auto-apply setting for qty/cost/price changes
✓Square POS: Two-way inventory sync with per-item exclusions
✓Shopify: Two-way inventory sync with location mapping
✓Import preview for all providers — review items before committing
✓Auto-link warnings for Square/Shopify import items
✓Push to All services from inventory right-click menu
✓Per-service push and pull controls in sidebar
✓Auto-sync with configurable intervals
⏳Etsy™: Two-way inventory & listing sync Coming Soon
⏳eBay™: Two-way inventory & listing sync Coming Soon
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Plans & Cloud Sync
All features included on every plan. Annual adds sync, multi-user, and unlimited emails.
✓Monthly and Annual subscription plans — all core features included on both
✓Cloud sync across Mac and iPad in real-time Annual
✓Multi-user access — team accounts with Admin, Manager, User, and Viewer roles Annual
✓Unlimited work order emails + custom sender domain Annual
✓Server-pushed announcements and in-app notifications
✓Account management — upgrade, downgrade, or cancel anytime
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Settings
Configure everything to match how your shop works.
✓Category, subcategory, and item type management
✓SKU format configuration with custom patterns
✓Label template management with Dymo defaults
✓Label designer for fully custom label layouts
✓Printer assignment for label templates
✓Business branding for work order printouts
✓Integration connection and configuration
✓Backup and restore with local, Dropbox, or Google Drive storage
✓Granular per-type backup/restore: inventory, work orders, customers, BOM, production
✓Light, dark, and system theme toggle
✓macOS auto-update settings via Sparkle
✓Developer settings for backend URL and direct OAuth credentials
Settings

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