Do I need a computer or barcode scanner to use it?

No. The app is built to run on an ordinary low-cost Android phone. Billing is manual-search and quick-add friendly, so a scanner is optional, not required.

Can it handle both packed items and loose grain sold by weight?

Yes. When you describe your stock, ask for per-unit and per-kilo pricing. Kashvi builds items that can be billed either as sealed packs or by weight for dal, rice, sugar and similar.

Will it track customer udhaar and khata?

Yes. You can record credit against a customer's phone number, see the running balance, mark payments, and send a WhatsApp reminder. It replaces the paper udhaar register.

Does it do GST billing correctly?

You assign a GST slab per item and the app calculates item-wise tax on each bill, so your bills line up with your monthly returns. Confirm your slabs with your accountant.

Do I actually own the code, or am I renting software?

You own it. Kashvi gives you the full downloadable source — real database and all — with no proprietary runtime. Host it yourself and there is no lock-in.

What if the AI build fails partway?

Kashvi's fair-billing policy refunds the credits for a failed generation. You only pay for builds that complete, and you can refine the app by describing changes in plain language.

Use case

Build a Stock & Inventory App for Your Kirana Store

A kirana counter runs on memory: which pack of atta is about to finish, which regular hasn't cleared last month's udhaar, and what price the wholesaler quoted yesterday. Kashvi turns that mental ledger into a real app. Describe your shop in plain Hindi or English and it builds a working inventory and billing app — a real Postgres database, staff logins, a live preview, and downloadable code you fully own. It runs in a browser and as a proper Android app on the cheap phone already sitting near your gulla.

Off-the-shelf billing software is built for supermarkets with barcode scanners and a computer at the till. A kirana store is a different animal — loose grain sold by the kilo, strips of shampoo sachets, a shelf of expiring biscuits, and a fat register of khata customers who pay when the salary comes. Kashvi builds an app shaped around exactly that reality, not a generic POS with your shop name pasted on top.

What a kirana inventory app actually needs

When you generate the app, Kashvi wires up the features this trade lives on — the ones a big-box POS treats as afterthoughts:

Stock by unit AND by weight — count sealed packs, but also track dal, rice and sugar sold loose by the kilo.
Low-stock and reorder alerts so you top up the fast-movers before a customer walks to the next shop.
Credit-khata built in: log udhaar against a customer's phone number, see who owes what, send a WhatsApp reminder in one tap.
GST billing with the right slab per item, so your bills and monthly returns actually match.
Batch and expiry tracking for FMCG and dairy — get warned before that stock becomes a loss.
Fast counter billing that works on a low-cost Android phone, offline-friendly, no scanner required.

How Kashvi builds it from a prompt

You do not touch code or wire up a database. You type what your shop does. Kashvi plans the data — products, stock, suppliers, customers, khata entries, bills — then generates the screens, the login for you and your helper, and a live preview you can click through in seconds. Don't like the flow? Say so in plain words and it rebuilds. When it's ready you get the full source code to download, host anywhere, and never pay a lock-in fee for. If an AI generation ever fails, the credits are refunded — you only pay for work that lands.

Try a prompt like: "Inventory app for my kirana store. Add products with name, unit or per-kg price, and current stock. Alert me when stock drops below a set level, and show today's total sales."

Or: "Add a credit-khata section. I record udhaar against a customer's phone number, see total pending, and mark it paid. Include a button to send a WhatsApp payment reminder."

Or: "GST billing for a grocery shop. Each item has a GST slab. Generate a bill with item-wise tax, accept cash or UPI, and keep a daily sales report I can filter by date."

Every prompt produces a real, connected app — not a mockup. The stock number goes down when you bill, the khata balance updates when you record a payment, and the sales report reads from the same database. Because it ships as an Android and iOS app too, you can hand your helper a phone at the counter while you check reports on another.

Your shop's problem	What the generated app does
Forgetting which items are running out	Low-stock alerts and a reorder list, per item threshold
Udhaar tracked in a paper register	Digital khata per customer with WhatsApp reminders
Bills that don't match GST returns	Item-wise GST slabs on every bill
No idea of daily profit	Date-wise sales report and stock value at a glance
Expired stock as silent loss	Batch and expiry warnings before it's too late

You own the result end to end. Payments are Indian-first — UPI and Razorpay for anything you sell or subscriptions you run — and pricing is in plain INR. Start with a single-counter shop and grow into multiple outlets or a small distribution round without switching tools.

Questions

Frequently asked

Do I need a computer or barcode scanner to use it?: No. The app is built to run on an ordinary low-cost Android phone. Billing is manual-search and quick-add friendly, so a scanner is optional, not required.
Can it handle both packed items and loose grain sold by weight?: Yes. When you describe your stock, ask for per-unit and per-kilo pricing. Kashvi builds items that can be billed either as sealed packs or by weight for dal, rice, sugar and similar.
Will it track customer udhaar and khata?: Yes. You can record credit against a customer's phone number, see the running balance, mark payments, and send a WhatsApp reminder. It replaces the paper udhaar register.
Does it do GST billing correctly?: You assign a GST slab per item and the app calculates item-wise tax on each bill, so your bills line up with your monthly returns. Confirm your slabs with your accountant.
Do I actually own the code, or am I renting software?: You own it. Kashvi gives you the full downloadable source — real database and all — with no proprietary runtime. Host it yourself and there is no lock-in.
What if the AI build fails partway?: Kashvi's fair-billing policy refunds the credits for a failed generation. You only pay for builds that complete, and you can refine the app by describing changes in plain language.

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