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A comprehensive booking and reservation management plugin for Craft CMS, designed with flexibility, performance, and developer experience in mind.

Features

Core Booking System

Service Management: Create and manage multiple services with custom durations, pricing, and availability
Event-Based Bookings: Create one-time events with simple capacity management
Employee/Resource Scheduling: Assign employees to services with individual schedules and locations
Managed Employees: Staff users can oversee multiple employees' bookings without each employee needing a Craft account
Multi-Location Support: Manage bookings across multiple physical locations with timezone handling
Flexible Availability: Define recurring schedules, one-time availability windows, and blackout dates
Capacity Management: Support for group bookings with configurable capacity limits
Service Extras: Optional add-ons with pricing and duration (e.g., "Extended consultation +30 min")
Waitlist Management: Automatic waitlist with conversion when slots become available
Customer Booking Limits: Configurable limits per service to prevent overbooking
Customer Self-Service Portal: Logged-in customers can view, manage, and cancel their bookings
Multi-Site Support: Localized services with propagation across multiple sites

Advanced Features

Calendar Sync: Two-way sync with Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook
Virtual Meetings: Automatic Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meeting creation for online appointments
Payment Integration: Native Craft Commerce integration
Email Notifications: Customizable email templates for confirmations, reminders, and cancellations
SMS Notifications: Twilio integration for booking confirmations, reminders, and cancellations
Webhooks: Send booking events to Zapier, n8n, Make, or custom endpoints with HMAC signing
Anti-Spam Protection: reCAPTCHA v3, hCaptcha, Turnstile, and honeypot support

Performance & Scalability

Intelligent Caching: Tag-based cache invalidation for optimal performance
Database Optimization: Composite indexes and query optimization for large datasets
Background Processing: Queue-based email sending and calendar sync
Soft Locking: Race condition protection for concurrent bookings
Timezone Support: Automatic timezone conversion for global bookings

Developer Experience

Event System: Comprehensive event hooks for custom business logic
GraphQL Support: Full GraphQL API for headless implementations
RESTful API: Query and manage bookings programmatically
Extensible Architecture: Service-based design for easy customization

Requirements

Craft CMS 5.0 or later
PHP 8.2 or later
MySQL 8.0.17+ or PostgreSQL 13+
Composer

Quick Start

Installation

composer require anvildev/craft-booked
php craft plugin/install booked

With ddev

ddev composer require anvildev/craft-booked
ddev php craft plugin/install booked

Documentation

Getting Started

Tutorial - Start here - Build your first booking system in 15 minutes

Setup & Configuration

Configuration Guide - Complete configuration reference

Core Features

Availability & Schedule System - Complete guide to how availability and schedules work
Event-Based Bookings - Guide to creating and managing one-time events
Employee Schedule Management - Frontend employee self-service schedule management
Field Types - Custom relation fields for Services and Event Dates

Notifications & Integrations

Email Templates - Customize confirmation, reminder, and cancellation emails
SMS Notifications - Twilio SMS setup for confirmations, reminders, and cancellations
Webhooks - Send events to Zapier, n8n, Make, or custom endpoints

Planning

Roadmap - Planned features and future direction

Development

Developer Guide - API reference and extension guide
Event System - Comprehensive event system documentation with examples
GraphQL API - GraphQL schema and query examples
Console Commands - CLI commands for reminders, cleanup, and diagnostics

Support

Documentation: Full documentation
Issues: GitHub Issues
Discussions: GitHub Discussions

License

Credits

Developed by anvildev for Craft CMS.

Built with:

anvildev / craft-booked

Maintainers

Package info

Statistics

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