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inFlow Inventory

Optimize your business with inFlow’s inventory management software, designed to streamline stock control, order tracking, and real-time inventory updates.

inFlow Inventory is commercial inventory and warehouse software made by Archon Systems.

Made by
Archon Systems
Source code
Closed

Website

Judgement

What it is
Complete system
What it does
Inventory and order management for small product businesses with barcoding, purchase and sales orders, B2B showroom and reporting.
Adopt it when
A small distributor or wholesaler wants straightforward stock and order handling at a modest price.
Watch out
Manufacturing and multi-entity needs are limited.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Cloud service and mobile app
What the license allows
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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Under it

Every program, inFlow Inventory included, runs on a microchip.

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

The description is the maker's own, quoted as written.