Community Edition
AGPL source, local stack, issue tracking, and public documentation for centres and contributors who self-host.
Open repositoryCommunity Edition
Get started with Acorn CCMS
Open-source childcare management software for centres, developers, and operators who want a self-hostable path with a commercial support model around it.
Quickstart
Start the local infrastructure, prepare the database, and run the web app.
git clone https://github.com/Paint-The-Night/Acorn-CCMS.git
cd Acorn-CCMS
docker compose up -d
npm install
cd web
npm install
npm run db:generate
npm run db:seed
npm run devChoose a docs track
Acorn has three audiences: people deploying it, people operating centres with it, and people evaluating the project model.
Technical
Install, deploy, secure, and upgrade
Infrastructure shape, local setup, environment variables, production hardening, backups, and upgrades.
OperationsRun daily centre workflows
Centre setup, rooms, staff, children, families, attendance, compliance records, and programming.
ProjectUnderstand support and licensing
Community Edition, paid support, managed hosting, AGPL licensing, trademarks, and contributing.
Community and commercial paths
Core workflows stay useful for self-hosters. Paid work focuses on removing operational burden.
Self-hosted support
Paid setup, migration, upgrades, production review, training, reporting, integrations, and troubleshooting.
Request supportManaged Cloud
Hosted infrastructure, backups, monitoring, upgrades, onboarding, and operational support when the hosted service is ready.
View support pathsDemo data
Use synthetic records for public demos and evaluation. Do not put real child, family, staff, or centre data into screenshots, bug reports, or demo environments.
The current seed path creates synthetic centre records for evaluating the product shape. A public hosted demo should be reset regularly and clearly marked as synthetic.