Inventory app
Build an inventory tracking app with barcode scanning
Inventory apps fail when scanning and the phone view are afterthoughts. Emberblocks fields can scan barcodes and QR codes straight from the browser camera, every view has a phone layout, and edits made without signal queue until the connection is back.
Open the inventory template in the editor to see items, locations, stock movements and a low-stock dashboard already wired together.
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Built for the warehouse floor
Scan to find or fill
Any text field can carry a scan button that reads barcodes and QR codes from the camera. Scan to look up an item, or scan into a movement form.
Every change is a movement
Stock in, stock out and transfers are rows in a movements table. Formula fields compute on-hand quantity per item and location.
Low-stock workflows
A scheduled workflow emails the buyer a list of items under their reorder point, or posts it to a webhook.
Locations and maps
Locations with addresses show on a map block; multi-site teams filter by site.
Phones and offline
Published apps are responsive, install on a phone's home screen, and queue edits made offline until the connection is back.
Photos and files
Image and file fields for item photos, delivery notes and certificates.
How it works
- 1
Connect or import the data
Start on a built-in database, your own Postgres (Supabase, Neon, RDS, anything that speaks Postgres) or an Airtable base, or upload a CSV. Tables and columns are detected.
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Describe the app, or start from a template
Ember drafts tables, views and workflows from a sentence or two. Or open one of ten working templates in the editor without an account.
- 3
Arrange the blocks
Drag tables, cards, record pages, kanban boards, calendars, maps, timelines, charts, stats, forms, buttons, comments, activity feeds, file viewers, signatures, barcodes and embeds onto a grid. Each block reads a table; filters, sorts, groups and formulas are configured in the inspector.
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Set roles and publish
Roles decide which views a user sees and which fields they can read or edit; app users can be loaded from a table in your own data. Every publish is a versioned snapshot you can inspect and roll back, with a stable and a latest channel.
What you get in Emberblocks
Your data, live
Start on a built-in database, your own Postgres (Supabase, Neon, RDS, anything that speaks Postgres) or an Airtable base. Apps read and write live rows, so there are no exports to keep in sync.
Blocks on a grid
Drag tables, cards, record pages, kanban boards, calendars, maps, timelines, charts, stats, forms, buttons, comments, activity feeds, file viewers, signatures, barcodes and embeds onto a grid and wire them to tables. What you arrange is exactly what your team gets.
Real field types
Fields include text, email, phone, URL, number, boolean, date, date-time, time, duration, select, multi-select, reference, multi-reference, image, file, signature, address and JSON. Barcode scanning and signatures work in the browser without a native app.
Workflows
Workflows run when a row is created, updated or deleted, on a schedule, or from a button; steps update records, send email, call webhooks, branch on conditions and run code.
Roles and permissions
Roles decide which views a user sees and which fields they can read or edit; app users can be loaded from a table in your own data.
Publishing like software
Every publish is a versioned snapshot you can inspect and roll back, with a stable and a latest channel.
Phones and offline
Published apps are responsive, install on a phone's home screen, and queue edits made offline until the connection is back.
AI where it helps
Ember drafts a first version of an app from a plain-language description, and end users can ask questions of the data in plain language when you turn it on.
Questions
- Does scanning need a native app?
- No. Scanning uses the browser camera on phones and laptops with a camera. Installing the app to the home screen makes it feel native.
- Can I print labels?
- A barcode block renders a barcode or QR code for any field value, so a label view can be printed from the browser or generated as a PDF with a template.
- How is on-hand stock calculated?
- With formula fields that sum movements per item, or with a workflow that updates a quantity field on each movement. The template uses the formula approach.
- Where does my data live?
- Wherever you want it. Use the built-in database, connect your own Postgres so rows never leave your server, or point an app at an Airtable base. Airtable bases are mirrored into Postgres and kept in sync both ways.
- How is Emberblocks priced?
- Builders are always free. Paid plans are priced by the number of people who sign in to your published apps: Starter $29, Pro $79 and Business $199 a month billed yearly. Every new workspace starts with a 14-day Pro trial, no card needed, and there is a free plan after that. Full details on the pricing page.
- What does Emberblocks not do yet?
- Custom domains, SSO and an Enterprise plan are not available yet. There is no live Google Sheets connector (import the sheet as CSV instead). Apps run in the browser and install to the home screen; there are no App Store or Play Store builds.
Try it on your own data.
Every workspace starts with a 14-day Pro trial without a card. You can also open a template in the editor first and sign up only when you want to keep it.