Frequently asked questions

Yes. Inventoros is open source under the GNU AGPL v3 and free forever. You self-host it, so there are no per-seat fees and no usage limits.

Anywhere you can run a Laravel application: cPanel shared hosting, any server with PHP 8.4, or Docker. The docs include step-by-step guides for cPanel, a VPS and Docker. The repository ships an official Dockerfile and a production Docker Compose stack that runs the app, a queue worker, the scheduler and PostgreSQL 17.

PHP 8.4.1 or newer (PHP 8.5 is not supported yet) with MySQL 8+ or PostgreSQL 13+, plus roughly 2GB of RAM and 10GB of disk to start. See the installation guides for specifics.

Yes. REST and GraphQL APIs cover products, orders, suppliers, purchase orders, stock and more. There are also HMAC-signed webhooks that notify your other systems when things change, and an MCP server for tools that speak the Model Context Protocol.

Yes. Inventoros has a WordPress-style plugin system with actions and filters. Admins install plugins in one click from Plugins > Marketplace in the app: every package is signed by the marketplace and verified before it is installed. The docs explain how to build your own, and approved developers can submit plugins to the marketplace for review. Third-party listings are free for now.

You do. Because Inventoros is self-hosted, your inventory data stays on infrastructure you control.

Yes. You can track per-location quantities, transfer stock between locations, and keep one accurate count across all of them.

Start with the documentation, then open a GitHub issue or a discussion. The community and maintainers are active there.

Releases ship regularly. You can follow every version and what changed on the changelog page.