Alcitron · Custom web applications

The web application your business needs, built to fit

We design, build and maintain web applications for businesses and organisations: booking, accounting, certificates, portals for your clients. They work on the phone and the computer, in the language of whoever uses them, and they can be found in search engines.

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A written quote, without obligation.

Two programmers go over code together on a laptop in an office

What we build

Applications that replace the spreadsheet, the notebook and the back-and-forth of messages with one system the whole team uses.

  • Systems for the daily workSchedules, inventory, till, invoicing and internal dashboards, with the right access for each person on the team.
  • Portals for your clientsOnline booking, client areas, document verification and PayPal payments, in your brand's look.
  • On the phone, without an app storeWeb applications that open in any browser and install on the phone's home screen.
  • In each user's languageText, dates and currencies in the languages you need; our own products publish in up to fourteen.
  • Found in search enginesFast public pages with structured data, a sitemap and described images, so your clients arrive by searching.
  • Hosting and maintenanceIf you wish, we host the application, keep backups and keep it up to date after delivery.

Our work

Products we design, build and run

Each one is live and in use. They are the best sample of how we work: what you see on these screens is what you can ask for your business.

Booking and till for barbershops

Corte y Barba

A schedule per barber, online booking, a queue for walk-ins, client cards and the end-of-day till, in fourteen languages.

Visit corteybarba.com

A barbershop's day in Corte y Barba, one column per barber with its appointments

Double-entry bookkeeping

Aconta Online

Journal, general ledger, trial balance and statements that always balance; a recorded entry is never edited.

Visit aconta.online

The journal book in Aconta Online, each entry with its debit and credit

Verifiable digital certificates

Emitcert

Institutions issue diplomas and certificates with a QR code, in bulk from a spreadsheet, with a public verification page.

Visit emitcert.com

An institution's issued certificates in Emitcert, with their serial numbers and status

Short, safe links

Acortarenlace

A link shortener that shows where each link leads before it opens and lets anyone report a dangerous one.

Visit acortarenlace.com

Acortarenlace's home page, with the field to paste a long link

How we build

  • Fast and safe from the code upWe write in Rust, a language that rules out whole families of memory bugs and answers fast on a small server.
  • Tested before every deliveryAutomated tests walk through every flow, on the phone and the computer, before a change is published.
  • Readable by everyoneContrast and type size checked on every screen, on the phone and the computer, in light and dark mode.

How we work

  1. We talk

    You tell us what you need in the form, and we reply with the questions that help us understand your business.

  2. Proposal and quote

    We send you in writing what we will build, in which stages and what it costs.

  3. Building in stages

    Each stage ends with something you can open and try on your phone and your computer.

  4. Going live

    We publish the application on your domain, with its mail and its pages ready for search engines.

  5. Ongoing care

    After delivery, maintenance and improvements, if you wish.

We also offer

Professional email on your business's own domain

Alcitron Mail: mailboxes, aliases and forwards on your own domain, with webmail and the SPF, DKIM and DMARC records ready to publish.

About Alcitron Mail

Someone answers email on a laptop, with a notebook open beside it

Before you start

How much does a custom web application cost?

It depends on what it has to do. After we talk, we send you a written quote, without obligation, with the scope and the stages.

How long does it take?

The proposal includes a schedule by stages; each stage ends with something you can try.

Does it work on the phone?

Yes. It works in the browser of a phone, a tablet or a computer, and it can be installed on the home screen.

Can you host and maintain it?

Yes, if you wish: hosting, backups, updates and improvements are proposed as a separate service.

In which languages?

In the ones you need. Our own products publish in up to fourteen languages.

Tell us what you need

We reply by email with our questions or a written quote, without obligation.

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