Mars | Room Management System

✨ Key Features

• Room & Rate Management — categories, occupancy, dynamic pricing, seasonality, taxes/fees.
• Reservation Lifecycle — create, edit, cancel, no-show, split/merge stays, multi-room bookings.
• Front Desk Board — real-time availability grid, drag-and-drop reassignments, quick actions.
• Guest CRM — profiles, ID capture notes, past stays, corporate accounts, preferences.
• Billing & Invoicing — folios, add-ons, partial payments, refunds, printable tax invoices.
• Housekeeping — room status (clean/dirty/OOO), tasks, checklists, notifications.
• Reports — occupancy, ADR/RevPAR basics, revenue by source, cashier/audit, export to CSV/PDF.
• Roles & Permissions — Admin, Front Desk, Housekeeping, Accountant with granular access.
• Multi-Property Ready (optional) — isolate data per property while sharing master settings.
• Localization — i18n strings, date/number formats, timezone aware.
• Performance & Security — CSRF, rate-limited auth, server-side validation, audit logs.
• API Hooks (extensible) — RESTful endpoints for channel or kiosk integrations.

⚙️ Technical Stack

• Language: PHP 8.1+ (type-safe code, PSR-12)
• Framework: Laravel 10.x (routing, Eloquent ORM, queues, policies)
• Database: MySQL 8.0+ or MariaDB 10.6+ (InnoDB), Redis (optional for queues/cache)
• Frontend: Blade templates, Bootstrap 5, Alpine.js (progressive enhancement)
• Server: Nginx or Apache, PHP-FPM, Composer; Node.js 18+ (for asset builds)
• Runtime: Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/CentOS) recommended; works on macOS/Windows for local dev
• Requirements: OpenSSL, PDO, Mbstring, Intl, Fileinfo, GD/Imagick, ZIP extensions

Expertise: The stack is chosen for maintainability, security updates, and a large talent pool. Clear separation of concerns and repository patterns ease customization.

🧩 Installation Guide

1. Upload the source to your server (public/ as web root) and set correct file permissions.
2. Create a MySQL database and user with full privileges.
3. Configure environment: duplicate .env.example to .env and set DB, APP_URL, MAIL, QUEUE.
4. Install dependencies: composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader.
5. App key: php artisan key:generate.
6. Migrate & seed: php artisan migrate --seed (loads starter roles, demo rooms & rates).
7. Build assets (optional): npm ci && npm run build.
8. Cache config: php artisan config:cache route:cache view:cache.
9. Set scheduler (optional): cron for php artisan schedule:run every minute.
10. Login with seeded admin (see docs/INSTALL.md) and update property settings.

📦 Deliverables

• Full PHP/Laravel source code with Blade templates and assets.
• SQL migrations & seeders for quick start.
• Documentation (docs/: install, config, customization points).
• Sample data (rooms, rates, taxes) for testing.
• Environment files (.env.example), production build scripts.
• GPL license text for redistribution compliance.
• Changelog with version notes.

📱 Supported Platforms

• Server OS: Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/CentOS) recommended; Docker-ready.
• Local Dev: macOS (Laravel Valet), Windows (WSL2/XAMPP), Linux.
• Browsers: Latest Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari (desktop & tablet). Responsive UI fits iPad-class devices for front-desk carts.

🧠 Notes

• License: Distributed under GPL. You may use, modify, and redistribute under the same license.
• Customization Tips: Use service classes and repository interfaces to extend booking logic; add new reports via query scopes; enable Redis cache for high-traffic front desks; localize via lang/ files.
• SEO Assurance: Clean, crawlable URLs; semantic headings; lightweight markup; optional JSON-LD (SoftwareApplication) for product pages. Avoid demo links in production content.
• Performance: Enable OPcache, HTTP/2, brotli/gzip; precompile assets; use pagination on reports.
• Security: Keep dependencies updated; rotate app keys; store backups off-site; least-privilege DB users.

👨‍💻 Original Developer Credit

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Original listing on CodeCanyon (developer’s page).

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🔒 Disclaimer

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for educational and operational use under GPL terms. No proprietary warranties or support from the original developer
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