Custom software developer · Sandton, Johannesburg
Custom software your business actually runs on.
Jaricon builds the systems a business runs on: Claris FileMaker databases for your office, and web and mobile apps for your customers, members and staff. Bookings, orders, stock, invoicing and members in one place, so your team stops capturing the same information twice.
- Claris Partner & certified FileMaker developer
- Web, iOS & Android apps
- Reply within one business day
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18+
years building business systems
30+
custom systems delivered
3
web & mobile products shipped in 2026
1–500
users per system, small teams to large
Claris FileMaker certified
Independently certified expertise, kept current.
Claris Partner
FileMaker Pro Expert
Claris Connect Expert
Server Administrator Specialist
What we build
Two ways to get your business off spreadsheets.
Some businesses need a powerful internal system for the office. Some need an app their customers or members log into. Many need both, talking to each other. One accountable developer, either way.
Lane 01 · Claris FileMaker
Internal systems for the office
Booking, invoicing, stock, job and customer systems designed around how your business actually operates — from a single-practice database to a full CRM or ERP. Desktop, iPad, iPhone and browser from one platform.
- Custom development, modernisation and takeover
- Integrations with Xero, websites and APIs
- Hosting, licensing, training and support
FileMaker Pro · Go · WebDirect · Server · Data API · Claris Connect
Lane 02 · Web & mobile apps
Apps for your customers, members and staff
Customer portals, booking and membership platforms, online stores and software products — built on a modern web stack, published to the App Store and Google Play, and connected to the systems you already run.
- Web apps and customer portals
- iOS and Android apps from one codebase
- Online stores, payments and e-commerce integrations
Next.js · React · TypeScript · Supabase · Vercel · Cloudflare · Capacitor · WooCommerce
Sound familiar?
Your business outgrew its spreadsheets years ago.
Off-the-shelf software forces you to change how you work. Spreadsheets break as you grow. We build the third option: a system shaped around your operation, that grows with it.
Critical data scattered across spreadsheets
One trusted source of truth
Re-capturing the same data in three systems
Integrated with Xero, web and APIs
Reports that take a week to compile
Live dashboards for management
A legacy FileMaker file nobody understands
A modern, documented, supported platform
Lane 01 · Claris FileMaker services
Everything Claris FileMaker, end to end.
From a first conversation to the server it runs on, you deal with one accountable person, whatever the size of the job.
01
Custom FileMaker development
Booking, invoicing, stock, job and customer systems designed around how your business actually operates, from a single-practice database to a full CRM or ERP.
02
Legacy modernisation & rescue
Inherited an ageing solution? We audit, re-architect and bring it up to current Claris FileMaker standards without disrupting the business.
03
Integrations & automation
Connect FileMaker to accounting, e-commerce, email and third-party services so data flows without manual effort.
04
Customer & staff portals
Secure browser-based portals for parents, patients, branches or trade customers — no software to install.
05
Server, hosting & security
Sizing, deployment and administration of FileMaker Server and cloud environments, with backups and monitoring.
06
Training & ongoing support
Hands-on Claris FileMaker training for your team, ongoing enhancement and support sized to your business, and fractional-CTO advice when you need it.
Need an app rather than an office system? See web and mobile apps. Systems for specific needs: stock control, booking and invoicing and patient management.
Selected work
Systems that are still running — and still growing — years later.
SPARK Schools
Multi-campus
Enquiry-to-enrolment platform for a multi-campus school group.
A central CRM managing every family from first enquiry through registration, campus transfers and deregistration — with a parent portal, identity verification, payment integration and live executive reporting.
- Parent portal on WebDirect
- Website integrated via Data API
- Live executive reporting
Telecoms billing partner
40,000+
One platform from procurement to renewals across 40,000+ contracts.
Marketing, procurement, logistics, billing, collections, aftersales and renewals unified in one system — turning a reactive admin function into a scheduled revenue process.
- 40,000+ contracts managed
- Renewals & arrears queues
- 8-year platform partnership
27-branch retail group
27 branches
Point of sale, loyalty and rostering across 27 branches.
Every branch runs through its own secure browser login with no local software to maintain, while head office consolidates trading data centrally in real time.
- 27 branches live
- Zero local installs
- Central consolidated reporting
Trade distributor
ERP and trade ordering for a large customer base.
Customer-facing ordering layered onto stock recording, demand planning, automated purchase orders, supplier pricing and accounts-payable remittance.
- Self-service trade ordering
- Automated purchase orders
- Demand planning
Specialist practice
Practice management built around patient confidentiality.
Patient records, imaging results and structured clinical assessments captured at the point of consultation, with a secure patient portal and custom reporting.
- Point-of-care capture
- Secure patient portal
- Custom clinical reports
Web & mobile apps · shipped in 2026
Our own product
Padelo — a club and league platform with an iOS and Android app.
Club dashboard, live scoring, leaderboards, seasons, tournaments and club-vs-club challenges for padel clubs, with a member app on both stores and card payments through Yoco.
- Member app on both stores
- Live scoring & leaderboards
- Organiser plans & billing
Our own products
NoAdmin and NoHR — software products for South African schools and SMEs.
A free tools hub for parents and schools that feeds an online enrolment system, and an employer-in-a-box HR compliance service. Designed, built, hosted and marketed by Jaricon.
- Waitlists, free tiers, paid plans
- Hosted on Cloudflare & Vercel
- Transactional email via Resend
Both lanes
An online store linked live to the stock system behind it.
A WooCommerce store for a sock manufacturer, with products, prices and stock levels pushed straight from their FileMaker system, so the website is never out of date.
- Prices & stock from FileMaker
- No double capture
- Card payments online
Not every project is this big. Smaller systems we have built, from doctors’ patient databases to repair tracking:
Still on spreadsheets, big business or small? Let’s talk about what a proper system could do.
Understand first. Build second.
We don’t hand over and disappear.
i.
Discover
We map how your business really works — people, processes, pain points — before a single field is designed.
ii.
Architect
A clear solution design, scope and fixed estimate, so you know exactly what you are getting and what it costs.
iii.
Build & launch
Iterative delivery with regular demos, careful data migration and hands-on training for your team. Modern, AI-assisted development tooling keeps the pace up and the cost down.
iv.
Evolve
Long-term support and enhancement. Most clients have been with us for many years.
The platform
Why Claris FileMaker?
Custom software usually means a long, expensive build. Claris FileMaker lets us build exactly what your business needs in a fraction of the time, and keep changing it as your business changes.
Desktop · iPad · iPhone · Web
Works wherever your team does
One system across office computers, mobile devices and the browser.
Rapid delivery
Faster than traditional builds
Working software in weeks, shaped with your team as we go.
Integrations
Connects to what you already use
Websites, Xero, payments, email and APIs — no double capture.
Apple-backed
Secure and supported
Claris FileMaker is a mature platform from an Apple subsidiary, with encryption and role-based access.
Who you’ll work with
“The best system is the one your team stops noticing — because it simply works the way they do.”
Jake Richter
Founder & Solution Architect
Jake founded Jaricon in 2013 after a decade building operational systems in telecoms and services — including eight years as fractional CTO to an MTN billing partner managing over 40,000 contracts. In 2026 Jaricon also shipped its own web and mobile products — Padelo, NoAdmin and NoHR — on a modern web stack. You work directly with him, from first conversation to go-live and beyond.
Claris FileMaker certifications
FileMaker Server Administrator Specialist 2026
App Developer for FileMaker Pro, Expert 2025
AI Fundamentals: Semantic Search in FileMaker 2025
App Developer for Claris Connect, Expert 2023
Claris Partner Current
Questions
Before you get in touch.
Why Claris FileMaker instead of off-the-shelf software?
FileMaker lets us build exactly what your business needs — far faster and more affordably than traditional custom development — and it runs on desktop, iPad, iPhone and the browser from one platform.
Are we too small for a custom system?
No. A custom system can start small: one process, a handful of users and a modest first phase. We build the part that will save you the most time first, then extend it as you grow.
We already have a FileMaker system. Can you take it over?
Yes. We regularly inherit solutions built by others. We start with an audit, stabilise what matters, then modernise it step by step.
Can the system work across different devices?
Yes. The same system runs on Windows and Mac desktops, iPad and iPhone, and in any web browser — with screens designed around each person’s role.
Can it connect to our website or other systems?
Yes. We connect FileMaker to websites, accounting packages like Xero, e-commerce, email and third-party APIs, so information flows automatically instead of being re-typed.
Do you build web and mobile apps, or only FileMaker?
Both. Alongside Claris FileMaker systems we build web apps, customer portals, online stores and iOS/Android apps on a modern web stack — including our own products Padelo, NoAdmin and NoHR. See web and mobile apps.
Can an app connect to our existing FileMaker system?
Yes. FileMaker stays the system of record and the app talks to it through the Data API, so your office keeps working the way it does today while customers or staff get a modern web or mobile front end.
How much does a project cost?
It depends on scope. After the discovery call we provide a clear proposal with a fixed estimate per phase, so there are no surprises.
How long does it take?
Focused systems can go live in weeks; larger platforms are delivered in phases so your team gets value early and often.
Do you offer FileMaker training?
Yes. We train your team on the system we build, and also offer Claris FileMaker training as a standalone service.
Do you work with clients outside South Africa?
Yes. We work remotely with clients internationally and are comfortable across time zones.
Start a project
Tell us what’s slowing your business down.
A 30-minute call, no obligation. We’ll talk through what’s possible, a rough idea of cost, and how long it might take.
Office Sandton, Johannesburg · working across South Africa and abroad
Thank you — we’ll be in touch.
Expect a reply from Jake within one business day to set up a time.