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I built a business management system that creates itself when you describe your business

## The Problem

Small businesses run on spreadsheets. Setting up proper software takes weeks, costs thousands, and you still need someone to maintain it.

## The Solution

I built Runik AI — a chat-first platform where you describe your business in plain language and AI builds your entire management system.

Say: "I have a dental clinic with 3 dentists"

Get: patients table, appointments calendar, treatment plans, billing, odontogram — with sample data, ready to use in 2 minutes.

## How It Works

  1. Sign up and describe your business (or pick from 25 templates)
  2. AI generates tables, fields, relationships, views, and sample data
  3. Start working — ask questions, create records, see reports, all via chat

## What's Inside

  • 🏗️ 25 industry templates: Hotel, Restaurant, School, Dental Clinic, HR, CRM, Gym, Coworking, Parking, and more
  • 📊 14 widget types: Table, Kanban, Pipeline, Gantt, Calendar, Pivot, Floorplan, TimeGrid, Dashboard, Charts
  • 🤖 Works with ChatGPT & Claude via MCP protocol — they can read and write your data
  • 📧 Gmail, Drive, Calendar integration (one-click OAuth)
  • Pilo automations — alerts via Email, Telegram, WhatsApp
  • 🔒 Per-company SQLite — complete data isolation per tenant
  • 🌍 3 languages: English, Spanish, French

## The TimeGrid Widget

One of the features I'm most proud of is the TimeGrid — a bidimensional editable grid that works for:

  • School attendance (student × day → present/absent)
  • Grade books (student × subject → grade)
  • Hotel occupancy (room × day → status)
  • Employee shifts (worker × day → shift)
  • Quality control (product × criteria → pass/fail)

It includes totals per row/column, bulk assign, search filter, CSV export, and inline numeric input.

## Tech Stack

  • Frontend: React 18 + TypeScript + Zustand + Vite
  • Backend: Node.js + Express + better-sqlite3
  • Protocol: MCP (Model Context Protocol) — Anthropic's open standard
  • License: AGPL-3.0

## Numbers

  • 65 users (organic, zero marketing)
  • 25 templates across 12+ industries
  • 3 languages
  • Launching on Product Hunt June 3

## Try It

🔗 runikapp.com
📦 GitHub
📖 Step-by-step Guide

Built in Chile for the world. Would love your feedback!

Top comments (4)

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Angel Moran Perez • Edited

Well done sharing this tool with who need this kind of solution!

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ebertuzzi

I just tested the tool, and it's truly impressive and very easy to use. Excellent work!

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Samuel Arellano

just what I was looking for!

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Sebastian Lagos

amazing, thanks