Software we designed, built and run.

Products of our own, from the data model to the last screen.

Synaptic Lab, based in Islamabad, Pakistan, designs and builds software end to end. These are products we built ourselves: a finance operations platform, an HR and payroll system, a household bookkeeping app and the desktop app we use to run a development team. Every screen here shows demo data, never a client's.

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Backoffice Manager: Cash position: the bank and every client's balance for the month — Cash position: the bank and every client's balance for the month

Backoffice Manager: Transactions move from draft to approved to posted, and are corrected by reversal — Transactions move from draft to approved to posted, and are corrected by reversal

Backoffice Manager: A pay run: allowances and deductions per employee before it is posted — A pay run: allowances and deductions per employee before it is posted

Backoffice Manager: The consolidated report: money in and out for every client — The consolidated report: money in and out for every client

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Screens show demo data.

Finance operations platform

Backoffice Manager

A ledger-driven finance platform for back-office firms that manage several clients. It tracks client revenue, staff salaries and shared costs, keeps a running balance per client and shows the profit on each one. Every posting is double-entry, and a closed month cannot be changed.

What it does

Double-entry ledger: draft, approved, posted, and corrected only by reversal
Shared costs split across clients by head count
Month-end close that locks the books
Profit and loss per client
Five roles, from super admin to viewer, and an audit log
Import and export to CSV and Excel, with templates

Built with

Next.js 16
React 19
TypeScript
Express
Prisma
PostgreSQL

Web app, multi-tenant

user roles: 5; user roles
pages in the app and its site: 44; pages in the app and its site
workspace per company: 1; workspace per company

OrbitHR: The admin dashboard: who is in today, open leave requests and the tasks waiting — The admin dashboard: who is in today, open leave requests and the tasks waiting

OrbitHR: Employees, with their managers, departments, contracts and salaries — Employees, with their managers, departments, contracts and salaries

OrbitHR: Payroll: the month in progress and the locked months before it — Payroll: the month in progress and the locked months before it

OrbitHR: Leave requests waiting for a decision, approved or rejected in one click — Leave requests waiting for a decision, approved or rejected in one click

OrbitHR: The org chart: who reports to whom — The org chart: who reports to whom

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Screens show demo data.

HR and payroll system

OrbitHR

A self-hosted HR system for companies of 10 to 250 people. It runs onboarding, employee records, shifts, attendance, leave and payroll in three workspaces: one for the platform owner, one for each company's admins and one for every employee. Each company sets its own currency.

What it does

Payroll cycles with a two-person lock, and a bulk payroll wizard
Leave that escalates up the manager chain
Attendance flags that know each person's shift
An org chart
Payslips and reports as PDF and Excel
Subscriptions with features switched on per plan
Live notifications

Built with

React 19
Vite
Express
MongoDB
Mongoose

Web app, multi-tenant

data collections: 23; data collections
API endpoints: ~110; API endpoints
workspaces: 3; workspaces

Budge: The dashboard: net worth, the month's money in and out, and the year so far — The dashboard: net worth, the month's money in and out, and the year so far

Budge: Every entry in one ledger, with its account head, the person or shop and the wallet — Every entry in one ledger, with its account head, the person or shop and the wallet

Budge: The month's budget: what is left on each head, and what went over — The month's budget: what is left on each head, and what went over

Budge: Scheduled payments: what is due in the next 30 days, and whether the money is there — Scheduled payments: what is due in the next 30 days, and whether the money is there

Budge: Loans owed and owed to you, and the balance with each person — Loans owed and owed to you, and the balance with each person

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Screens show demo data.

Household bookkeeping app

Budge

Bookkeeping for a household that works like real accounting, for people who are not accountants. Cash, bank accounts and mobile wallets sit in one ledger against a chart of accounts, and loans, instalments and savings circles keep their own balances.

What it does

One ledger for cash, banks and mobile wallets
A chart of accounts
Budgets and savings goals
Scheduled payments
Balance sheet and cash flow
Statements for each person or shop you deal with
CSV import

Built with

React 19
TypeScript
Vite
Supabase
PostgreSQL

Web app

database migrations: 48; database migrations
every permission enforced in the database: RLS; every permission enforced in the database
servers of its own to run: 0; servers of its own to run

Shipcrest: Home: what needs you today, the week's commits per person and the team's load — Home: what needs you today, the week's commits per person and the team's load

Shipcrest: The task board, from draft to verified, with risk and security labels — The task board, from draft to verified, with risk and security labels

Shipcrest: Risks across every system, security first, each linked to its task — Risks across every system, security first, each linked to its task

Shipcrest: The pipeline: what is waiting between dev, stage and production for each product — The pipeline: what is waiting between dev, stage and production for each product

Shipcrest: A product's brief: where each branch stands, and ideas waiting for approval — A product's brief: where each branch stands, and ideas waiting for approval

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Desktop app for running a software team

Shipcrest

A Windows desktop app for running a development team day to day. It writes and checks tasks, tracks risks for each system, watches branches and releases, keeps backups and writes the weekly report, with an AI assistant that runs only when asked. Its data stays as plain files on the machine.

What it does

Tasks written, checked before they are sent, and verified when done
Risks for each system, security first, turned into fix plans
Branch and release checks across every repository
A weekly report for the owner
Weekly backups and a mirrored copy every 10 minutes
Built-in updates, checked by fingerprint

Built with

Electron
JavaScript
Windows installer

Windows desktop app

automated tests: 143; automated tests
current version: v1.29; current version

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