CapacityLens documentation
CapacityLens gives a small agency a helicopter view of who is busy, free, or overworked, week by week. It is self-hosted, deliberately small, and open source.
New here? Try the demo — it runs in one command and takes about two minutes.
Here to put it on a server? Skip straight to Self-hosting: before you start.
Getting started
Learn what CapacityLens is and get your own copy running.
- What is CapacityLens? — what it does, and what it deliberately doesn't.
- Try the demo — a two-minute look with sample data.
- Choose how to install — Docker Compose and direct Node installation are separate, supported routes.
- First steps after installing — sign in and find your way around.
- Invite your team — get everyone else in.
- Roles and permissions — who can see and change what.
Using CapacityLens
How the everyday screens work.
- The schedule — the week-by-week view at the heart of the app.
- People and placeholders — who appears on the schedule.
- Projects and allocations — putting work on the calendar.
- Time off — holidays, sickness and other absence.
- Settings — the toggles that shape what your team sees.
- Offline access — what works without a connection.
Company login (SSO)
Let people sign in with the work identity they already use everywhere else.
- How sign-in works — passwords, social sign-in and company login, in plain language.
- Set up your company login — connect CapacityLens to your provider.
- Move from passwords to single sign-on — the guided cutover for existing teams.
Self-hosting
Run CapacityLens on your own server and keep it healthy.
- Before you start — what you need and how the pieces fit.
- Install with Docker · Install without Docker · Configuration · TLS and networking
- Backups and restore · Upgrades · Monitoring · When something goes wrong
Security and privacy
Reference
- Glossary — the short list of terms these docs rely on.
- Development guide — for people changing the code.
Get more help
- Support — where to ask questions.
- Report a problem — bugs and documentation fixes alike.
- Contributing — how to help, including with these docs.