bench get-app https://github.com/dawoodjee/expresso

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Expresso: Frappe and ERPNext Data Entry Made Easy ☕

Why Expresso?

Frappe document creation often involves: - Monotonous manual entry for common fields - Scrolling though dropdown links or searching for reference values and clearing wrong values - Referencing previous documents to copy values - Maintaining consistency across team members

Expresso solves this with context-aware defaults for any document type. - Speed up any document creation with smart suggestions - Reduce repetitive typing across all Frappe documents

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Features

Feature	Benefit
Universal Auto-Fill	Accelerate data entry in any document type
Frequency-Based Patterns	"What entries are typically used here?"
Team-Wide Consistency	Standardize entries across users
Adaptive System	Improves with every document created

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Setup

1. Install the app:

   bench get-app https://github.com/dawoodjee/expresso
   bench install-app expresso
   

2. Enable Suggestions:
   Activate in Expresso > Settings for specific doctypes.

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How It Works

Core Pattern
1. Open any document (Sales Invoice, Project Task, Employee Record, etc.)
2. Expresso analyzes: - Field types (link, select, date, etc.) - Your team's historical data - Related documents in the system 3. Receive smart suggestions as you type

Example Workflows
Creating a Sales Invoice → Suggests:
- Most likely next customer, going by buying patterns - Common items sold to this customer, along with likely quantities
- Applicable taxes
- Common payment terms for this territory
- Default due date based on typical payment terms

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Goals

Current Focus
- Support all core Frappe doctypes out of the box

Future Vision
- Custom pattern recognition for custom doctypes - Field-level prediction engine - Complete data privacy - all processing happens locally, no external APIs

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Why "Expresso"?

• Universal: Works wherever you create documents
• Consistent: Maintain standards across all departments
• Streamlined: Eliminate repetitive data entry

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License

MIT - Free for all ERPNext users