Hotel technology
Direct booking engines, channel manager integration, guest CRM and operations platforms.
About
About Appagora
Appagora is a software development agency for hotels and online retailers. We build the systems that let a business sell directly, and then we hand over the keys.
Why Appagora exists
Most hotels and online shops run on platforms they rent. A booking site owns the guest, a hosted shop platform owns the checkout, and an app store decides when an update can ship. Each one is convenient at the start and takes a larger share as the business grows.
Appagora was set up to build the alternative: booking engines, stores and apps that belong to the business that paid for them. That means open-source foundations, your own database, your own customer relationships, and code that any competent team can take over.
The name joins app with agora, the Greek word for the marketplace, the place where people meet and trade directly. That is what we think software for commerce should be.
We work in English and Greek, remotely, with businesses anywhere.
What we stand for
Ownership first
You own the code, the data and the customer relationships. If you ever stop working with us, everything goes with you.
Open source by default
Ruby on Rails, Solidus, PostgreSQL and SvelteKit: mature tools with large communities, no licence fees and no single vendor to depend on.
Straight answers
If a PWA cannot do what you need, if a migration is not worth it yet, or if nobody can promise a result, we tell you before you spend anything.
Built to be found
Everything we ship is fast, well structured and readable by search engines and AI assistants, because software that nobody finds earns nothing.
How we work
The same four steps, whether the project is a booking engine, a store or an app.
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Conversation
A free first consultation to understand your business, what you use today and what it is costing you.
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Plan
A written scope, timeline and price before any work starts. No hidden fees.
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Build
Work is delivered in stages on a staging environment, so you can see and test progress as it happens.
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Launch and support
We handle the switch-over and stay on for maintenance, upgrades and new features.
What we do
Solidus ecommerce
Custom stores on Solidus and planned migrations away from Shopify.
Progressive web apps
Installable, offline-ready apps for guests, staff and shoppers, without an app store.
AI search visibility
Making sure ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude can find, understand and recommend your business.
Ready to own your platform?
Tell us where you are today and we'll map out how to get there. The first consultation is free.
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