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who build things
Time tracking, projects, and client management with full API access, CLI tools, and AI integration.
Your data, your way.
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Built on 20 years of real-world use tracking hundreds of thousands of billable hours
Operations platform for T&M businesses
Stop juggling spreadsheets and disconnected tools. Everything your time & materials business needs, unified.
Companies & CRM
Clients, contacts, relationships. Full history tracking.
Projects
Organize work by client. Budgets, billing rates, status.
Tasks
Tickets, estimates, assignments, due dates.
Time Tracking
Sub-second precision. Billable hours, PTO, real-time sync.
Prospects & Sales
Prospects, opportunities, pipeline. Lead to client conversion.
Notes & Knowledge
Documentation, procedures, versioned history.
Estimates
Create proposals, send for approval, convert to projects.
Epics
Project phases, milestones, budget tracking.
Scheduling
Resource planning, availability, capacity management.
Materials
Track material costs, job costing, billable expenses.
Tags
Flexible categorization across all entities.
Activity & Comments
Full audit trail, discussions on any entity.
Invoicing & Job Costing
Turn tracked time into invoices. Budget vs actual. Profitability analysis.
Estimation Library
Pre-built materials, labor rates, and kit assemblies for fast, accurate estimates.
Reports & dashboards
See the numbers that matter. Real-time visibility into utilization, profitability, and project health.
- KPI dashboards with drill-down
- Utilization and capacity tracking
- Project profitability analysis
- TV / wall display mode
Visual resource planning
See who's working on what and when. Drag-and-drop scheduling with real-time capacity tracking across your team.
- Timeline view by week, month, or quarter
- Group by person, project, or company
- See capacity vs. allocated hours
- Unscheduled tasks drawer for quick assignment
AI built in, not bolted on
Every sluicebox account includes AI-powered assistance. Ask questions, take action, get answers from your data instantly.
Built-in AI Chat
Included with every account. Use natural language to interact with your operations data.
- "How many hours did we bill last month?"
- "Start a timer on the ACME project"
- "Show me overdue tasks for the team"
MCP Compatible
Connect ChatGPT, Claude, or any MCP-compatible AI directly to your sluicebox data.
- Use your preferred AI assistant
- Full API access to all your data
- Build custom workflows
Business answers, not search results
Ask a question, get a real answer. The AI queries your actual data and synthesizes results using knowledge of your business context.
Instead of:
"I found 12 files mentioning 'Johnson project.' Would you like me to summarize them?"
You get:
"The Johnson Electric project is in Phase 2 of 3. You've billed $12,400 of the $18,000 budget and timeline is on track. One open item: waiting on their IT team for API credentials. Last activity was yesterday — Mike logged 3 hours on panel wiring."
Nugget — AI Business Data Connector
Connect AI to your existing business systems — accounting, inventory, customer databases, and more. Your data stays on your network; the AI comes to you.
Data stays local
A secure connector on your network. No firewall changes. Only query results leave your building, encrypted.
Any data source
Databases, APIs, accounting systems, industry-specific software. If it has data, we can connect it.
Fully managed
We build it, deploy it, monitor it, and maintain it. You just use the chat interface.
Growing library of connections
Databases
SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB
Accounting & ERP
QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Sage, NetSuite
CRM & Sales
Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Salesforce, HubSpot
Files & Documents
Excel/CSV, File Shares, SharePoint, Google Sheets
Custom & Industry
REST APIs, Custom databases, Industry-specific software
Access it your way
Use the interface that fits how you work. Your data, always accessible.
Web
Full-featured browser interface
Mobile
iOS & Android native apps
CLI
Power user command line
{
"time": {
"id": 121672,
"project": "ACME",
"hours": 2.5,
"description": "API dev"
}
}API
REST API for integrations
AI
Talk to your data via MCP
The middle ground you've been looking for
Too much or too little? We built sluicebox for the companies caught in between.
Spreadsheets & Basic Tools
- Manual data entry everywhere
- Nothing connects
- Reporting is copy-paste
- Breaks at scale
Right-sized for your team
- Full access to all your data
- Web, mobile, CLI — your choice
- Build your own integrations
- Custom forms for specialized data
- Use it all, or just the parts you need
Enterprise ERPs
- Expensive to start, expensive monthly
- Complete vendor lock-in
- Pay extra for API access
- Needs consultants to customize
What makes us different
Built by developers, for people who care about their data.
Open API
Full REST API access. Build integrations. Export your data. No lock-in.
Command Line
Power user CLI. Start timers, log work, query data without leaving terminal.
AI-Ready (MCP)
Talk to your data. Create tasks, log time, run reports via AI assistants.
Your Data
Full export anytime. We don't hold your data hostage. Ever.
Simple pricing
No tiers. No feature gates. Everything included.
Annual
per user / month
- Billed annually
- 5 user minimum
- All features included
- Full API access
Monthly
per user / month
- Billed monthly
- 5 user minimum
- All features included
- Full API access
Custom
tailored to your needs
- Custom workflows
- Third-party integrations
- AI Data Connectors
- Built by our team
Born from real experience
sluicebox is the evolution of Limelyte Extranet — our internal operations platform that's run our software consulting business since 2006.
Limelyte Technology Group is a software development and consulting agency based in Spokane, WA. Since 1999, we've been solving problems with software — building custom applications, integrations, and tools for businesses of all sizes. sluicebox is the platform we built to run our own operations.
Why we built it
In 2006, off-the-shelf solutions were too generic, too expensive, or didn't fit our workflows. So we built our own. 20 years later, it still runs every aspect of our operations — time tracking, invoicing, project management, client relationships.
Battle-tested daily
We're not building from theory. Every feature in sluicebox has been used in production for years. We've tracked hundreds of thousands of hours, generated thousands of invoices, and managed thousands of projects across hundreds of clients.
Built for service businesses
If you bill by the hour, sluicebox is for you.
Let's talk
Interested in sluicebox? Drop us a line.