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No-Code ERP From a Single Chat Message

You walk into a new tool. There's a form. Then another form. Then a setup wizard. Then configuration. Then you give up and go back to spreadsheets.

That's the problem we set out to solve with Runik AI.

## The idea

What if you could just tell the software what you do?

"I run a dental clinic. I need to track patients, appointments, treatments, and billing."

And it builds everything — tables, kanban boards, calendars, pipelines, dashboards, reports — with sample data so you can start operating immediately.

No forms. No setup wizard. No code. Just a conversation.

## How it works

Runik AI is a chat-first business management platform. You describe your business in natural language, and the AI creates your complete system.

Step 1: Tell Runik what you do.

"I manage a coworking space. I need to track members, meeting room bookings, invoices, and occupancy."

Step 2: The AI generates your schema — tables, columns, relationships — and asks you to confirm.

Step 3: You say "yes" and get a fully operational system with 14 interactive widgets: kanban, pipeline, calendar, pivot table, master-detail, charts, and more.

From that point on, you operate through chat:

  • "Show me this month's revenue"
  • "Move deal #42 to Closed Won"
  • "Create a report of overdue invoices"
  • "Add a column for payment method"

Or you use the visual interface directly — your choice.

## 24 templates, any industry

We ship 24 ready-made templates:

  • Restaurant, hotel, gym, clinic, veterinary
  • CRM, HR, inventory, fleet management
  • Real estate, aquaculture, coworking
  • Project management, event planning, school

Each template comes with tables, views, relationships, and sample data. But the real power is custom: describe any business and Runik AI builds it from scratch.

## It's also an MCP server

Runik AI exposes all its tools via the Model Context Protocol. That means you can connect it to ChatGPT or Claude and manage your business from any AI assistant.

Your CRM lives inside Claude. Your inventory lives inside ChatGPT. No tab switching — just ask.

## The stack (for the curious)

  • Frontend: React + TypeScript + Vite (PWA)
  • Backend: Node.js + Express + SQLite (one database per company)
  • AI: Mistral for fast queries, Claude for complex reasoning
  • Desktop: Tauri v2 (Mac, Windows, Linux)
  • Protocol: MCP over Streamable HTTP + OAuth 2.1

Each company gets its own SQLite database — full data isolation, no shared tables, no multi-tenant headaches.

## Free forever

One user, one company, all features — free. No credit card. No trial countdown.

We're early (69 users, 24 templates) and building fast. If you've ever wished your business tool would just listen, give it a try.

👉 runikapp.com


I'm Santiago from Allware SpA. We built Runik AI in Chile — runs anywhere. Happy to answer questions in the comments.

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