Frappe App Development — GreyCube Technologies

Frappe App Development

Custom Frappe apps / Full Stack apps, built to survive upgrades.

New apps on the Frappe Framework, and/or clean extensions to ERPNext — everything lives in its own app using hooks and fixtures, so nothing breaks when you update.

No core editsEvery change ships in a separate custom app
Upgrade-readyPatches and migrations tested before go-live

What we do

Four ways to make ERPNext fit your business

From a few no-code tweaks to a full custom app or a headless API backend — we pick the lightest approach that does the job and keeps every upgrade clean.

Custom app development

A brand-new app on the Frappe Framework for a workflow standard ERPNext doesn't cover — with its own data model, logic, screens and reports.

  • New DocTypes & relationships modelled to your process
  • Business logic in server-side Python controllers
  • Reports, dashboards & print formats
  • Its own portal pages and REST APIs

ERPNext customization & extension

Bend ERPNext to your business without touching core — custom fields, scripts, workflows and overrides, all packaged in a separate, upgrade-safe app.

  • Custom fields & property setters
  • Client scripts & server-side automation
  • Approval workflows & notifications
  • Doc events & method overrides via hooks

Site customization (no-code / low-code)

Quick changes made right inside Frappe Desk — no deployment, no separate app — for the tweaks that don't need a full build.

  • In-app customizer for forms, fields & permissions
  • Client Scripts for real-time UI behaviour
  • Server Scripts for lightweight Python logic

Headless & API-driven apps

Use Frappe purely as a secure backend — data, permissions and automated REST APIs — with your own frontend on top.

  • Frappe as a secure REST API backend
  • VueJS, React frontends via token auth
  • Backend on Frappe Cloud, frontend deployed anywhere

350+ apps & extensions

Shipped across manufacturing, trading, services and field operations.

No core edits

Every change lives in a versioned custom app — never in core files.

Upgrade-safe

Hooks, fixtures and patches keep you clean through version jumps.

One namespaced app

Everything we build sits in a single, clearly named app — never scattered across the core.

What goes in

The building blocks we work with

Everything a Frappe app is made of — used the way the framework intends, so it stays maintainable.

DocTypes & data model

The tables, links and child tables your workflow needs — normalised and indexed from the start.

Server-side logic

Validation, automation and calculations in Python controllers, running where the data lives.

Client scripts & forms

Dynamic form behaviour, field logic and UX tweaks that make data entry faster and safer.

Workflows & approvals

Multi-stage states with the right roles, transitions and notifications at each step.

Reports & dashboards

Query and script reports, number cards and charts that answer real business questions.

Print formats

Pixel-accurate invoices, labels and statements — built to render cleanly through wkhtmltopdf.

REST APIs & webhooks

Whitelisted endpoints and event hooks so other systems can read and write safely.

Portal & web pages

Customer and vendor self-service built on the Frappe website layer, tied to live data.

Roles & permissions

Role-based access, permission rules and field-level control mapped to your org.

How we keep it clean

Built so updates don't break you

The discipline that separates a customization you can live with from one that fights every upgrade.

A separate custom app

Never edit core or standard apps in place — your logic ships as its own installable app.

Hooks over hacks

Doc events, overrides and scheduled jobs wired through hooks.py — not monkey-patches.

Fixtures for config

Custom fields, roles and settings travel with the app, so every site sets up identically.

Overlay, don't inject

We extend the UI in ways that survive upgrades, rather than fragile DOM patching that breaks.

Patches & migrations

Versioned data patches run on bench migrate, so schema and data move forward safely.

Git, review & staging

Everything in version control, reviewed, and tested on staging before it reaches production.

How we work

How a build ships

From a workflow on a whiteboard to an installed app, with the upgrade path handled from day one.

01

Discovery & data model

We map the workflow and design the DocTypes, relationships and roles behind it.

02

Design & spec

Screens, states, permissions and reports agreed and signed off before we build.

03

Build & test

Coded in a custom app on Frappe conventions, tested on staging with real data.

04

Deploy & support

Migrate, apply fixtures, hand over the source — then upgrades and ongoing support.

Under the hood

The stack we build on

The framework and tooling behind every app — standard, documented and well-supported.

Frappe FrameworkDocTypes, hooks, full lifecycle
Python + JavaScriptServer controllers + client scripts
MariaDB / PostgresRelational, indexed, queryable
Bench & multi-siteDeploy, upgrade and scale

Your business is unique and doesn't fit standard ERPNext?

Tell us the workflow that doesn't fit — we'll tell you whether it's a customization or a full custom app, and scope it straight. No hard sell.