Inventra

Inventra is an inventory management app for tracking products, suppliers, purchases, sales, stock levels, and business performance in one place.

Project Demo

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Highlights

• Product, supplier, purchase, and sales management
• Revenue and inventory analytics
• Role-based authentication
• Local image uploads
• Responsive React frontend with a Node/Express API

Stack

• Frontend: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion
• Backend: Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Mongoose

Quick Start

1. Install dependencies:

cd backend
pnpm install

cd ../frontend
pnpm install

2. Create environment files from the examples:

• backend/.env.example
• frontend/.env.example

3. Start the backend:

cd backend
pnpm run dev

4. Start the frontend:

cd frontend
pnpm run dev

Seed Data

Reset and seed the database with one command:

cd backend
pnpm run seed

Scripts

Backend

• pnpm run dev
• pnpm start
• pnpm run seed
• pnpm run migrate-purchases

Frontend

• pnpm run dev
• pnpm run build
• pnpm run preview
• pnpm run lint

Notes

• Backend uploads are stored in backend/uploads/
• The backend API runs on http://localhost:3000 by default
• The frontend expects VITE_API_BASE_URL to point to the backend API