Community & nonprofit spaces
Software for community makerspaces
Community spaces run on a small paid team, a lot of volunteers, and a membership that ranges from career machinists to people who have never used a drill press. The software has to hold that together without a full-time administrator.
What this kind of space actually runs into
The team is small and mostly volunteer
Anything requiring daily administration will not get done. Maintenance generates itself on schedule, low stock flags itself, and the tasks that need a human show up on a phone rather than waiting on a desktop.
Members have wildly different skill levels
Training and credentials gate the equipment that warrants gating, and leave the rest open. A member checks their own progress and prerequisites in the app instead of asking whoever is at the front desk.
Open hours are not the same every week
Typed, recurring operating hours cover open hours, club nights, and staffed hours as separate overlapping schedules, with closures that override them — and members see what is open right now from the app.
Nobody has time to rebuild the website
The public catalog and event pages are generated from the same records the space already maintains, and can be embedded into an existing site rather than replacing it.
Where to start
The modules that carry the most weight here
Every plan includes the whole platform, but these are the ones this kind of space tends to lean on first.
User Management & Access Control
Built-in roles for Staff, Students, Admins and Area Managers, plus roles you define. Machine access follows credentials. Pass the training and the machine is yours; let the certification lapse and access pauses with it.
Training, LMS & Credentialing
Build slide, video and quiz lessons in the app, or upload your SCORM 1.2 packages. Chain prerequisites, run in-person checkouts with waitlists, and set recertification dates. When a student passes, the credential that unlocks the machine lands on their record.
Scheduling
Members book time with the people who run the floor. A request for laser training or help on the CNC lands in a queue staff work through. The staff rota sits right beside it, with drag-and-drop shifts and swaps.
Public Catalog & Events
A public page listing your machines, what they can do and the training each one needs. Visitors see the floor before they walk in. Event pages let anyone sign up for an open house, a class or a training session without an account.
Tools for the people who run the space
Build employee schedules and manage shift swaps. Schedule tours, loan out tools, and manage maintenance. Track funding sources, sell products at the counter, and more — one system for the whole operation, not a separate tool for each job.
Priced so the members are not the meter
Plans are sized by staff seats and machine-access devices, not by how many members you have. Growing the membership never increases the bill, which is the opposite of how most tools in this category work.
See it on a working shop
Start a free workspace with sample machines, courses and inventory already in it, or book a 30-minute demo.