# VoxelBooking

> Self-hosted, multi-tenant booking system. Four booking patterns, unlimited tenants, branded booking pages. Built for freelancers and agencies.

## What is VoxelBooking?

VoxelBooking is a self-hosted booking system built with PHP 8.3+ and MySQL 8.0+ — no frameworks, no Redis, no Node.js, no runtime service dependencies. Install it once on your server, create a tenant for each client, and each gets their own branded booking page.

## Key Facts

- **Type**: Self-hosted PHP web application (multi-tenant)
- **Pricing**: One-time purchase (Regular: single tenant, Extended: unlimited tenants)
- **Built by**: NowSquare (https://nowsquare.com)
- **Current version**: 1.0
- **Requires**: PHP 8.3+, MySQL 8.0+
- **No runtime service dependencies**: No Redis, no Node.js, no CDNs

## Four Booking Patterns

- **Time Slots**: Appointments with staff members. Pick a service, pick a stylist, pick a time. For salons, consultants, trainers.
- **Resources**: Date-range bookings for rooms and spaces. Check-in/check-out dates, seasonal pricing. For B&Bs, hotels, meeting rooms.
- **Capacity**: Reservations with party sizes. Track remaining seats. For restaurants, escape rooms, tours.
- **Events**: Classes and workshops with participant limits and waitlists. For yoga studios, wine tastings, cooking classes.

## Core Features

- Four booking patterns covering all common business types
- Multi-tenant architecture with database-level isolation
- Branded booking pages with custom colors, logo, and cover image
- Admin calendar with day and week views
- Customer CRM with booking history and deduplication
- Staff management with individual availability schedules
- Confirmation, reminder, and cancellation emails with tenant branding
- GDPR compliance with consent collection and data access
- Embed widget for external websites (one line of JavaScript)
- Mobile-first responsive design (under 200KB per page)
- Multi-language and RTL support
- Business user accounts for tenant owners and managers
- MySQL row-level locking prevents double bookings
- Self-hosted on any PHP 8.3+ server with MySQL

## How It Works

1. **Install on your server.** Upload VoxelBooking. Run the installation wizard.
2. **Create tenants.** Each tenant is a business. Choose a booking pattern, add services/resources, set brand colors.
3. **Accept bookings.** Customers visit the branded booking page and book. Confirmation emails go out automatically.

## Who Is This For?

- **Freelancers & agencies**: Install once, create a tenant for every client. Manage all businesses from one dashboard. Charge for setup.
- **Business owners**: Install on your server or have your web person do it. No monthly SaaS fees. You own everything.
- **Developers**: Full source code. Extend, customize, integrate.

## Documentation

- Getting started: https://voxelbooking.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
- Installation: https://voxelbooking.com/docs/getting-started/installation
- Requirements: https://voxelbooking.com/docs/getting-started/requirements
- Booking patterns: https://voxelbooking.com/docs/booking-patterns/overview
- Changelog: https://voxelbooking.com/docs/changelog/changelog

## Links

- Website: https://voxelbooking.com
- Demo: https://voxelbooking.com/demo
- Documentation: https://voxelbooking.com/docs
- Support: https://voxelbooking.com/support