HUMBUG LABS

Software for venues and small businesses. Made in Glasgow.

Run a venue? See the apps Get something built

Seated is live Rota Done is live Taking on new builds

For venues

Run a venue?

Our apps for pubs, restaurants, cafés and bars, made by someone who has worked in hospitality for ten years. Seated takes your table bookings and Rota Done writes your staff rota. Both are free for the first month.

Table bookings

Seated

The diary, the floor plan and the queue at the door on one screen.

Guests book on your own booking page. On the night you see every table as a list, a timeline or the room itself, with who's late, who's next and who's waiting. Regulars get a profile, so their notes and allergies show up every time they book.

Bookings: Your own booking page
On the night: List, timeline or floor plan
Walk-ins: Waitlist with wait times

£29.99a month per venue

First month free. No card to start, no contract.

Start your free month seatedhq.co.uk

Seated's diary: tables down the side, the evening across, bookings as blocks, with a waitlist and late arrivals in a side panel

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Staff rotas · Seated's sister app

Rota Done

Tell it who you've got. Press Solve. The week is done.

It builds the rota around who's free, their contracted hours and their rest between shifts, then shows what the week really costs with employer NI, holiday pay and pension added. Staff get their shifts on their phone, and the timesheet exports straight to payroll.

Rotas: Built for you, then yours to move
Labour cost: NI, holiday pay and pension
Payroll: BrightPay, Sage or your accountant

£19a month for the whole team

Or £190 a year. 30 days free, no card to start.

Start your free trial rotadone.co.uk

Rota Done's week view after pressing Solve: every shift filled, each person's hours against their contract

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Client work

Built for clients

Websites and back-office tools for Glasgow businesses.

Tattoo studio · Battlefield Road

Someday Soon

A website the studio runs themselves.

Emma, Josh and Mia needed a site that showed their work and handled enquiries properly. We built the site and a back office they use on their phones. Enquiries arrive there with reference photos, they reply from it, and they change their own opening hours and photos without waiting on us. Every morning a check sends a test enquiry through the form to make sure it still arrives.

Website: Artists, studio, enquiries
Back office: Enquiries, replies, hours, photos
Checked: Every morning, automatically

somedaysoontattoo.com·Live since September 2026

The Someday Soon homepage: the studio's shopfront at night with the name in their own lettering

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The studio's back office on a phone: a list of enquiries, each marked with who it's for and who dealt with it — Their back office, shown with sample data

Band website

The Dunts

Website for the Glasgow band: releases, live dates, the lot. Quick to load, with nothing in the way of the music.

thedunts.com

Get something built

Need something built?

We build websites and tools for small businesses. You deal with the same person from the first chat to the day it goes live, and you get a fixed price before any work starts.

Get booked

from £500

A website that works on a phone: your services, prices, hours, map and reviews, with a booking or enquiry form that lands straight on your phone by WhatsApp or email. For trades, garages, cafés, salons.

Run it yourself

from £1,000

Everything above, plus a private back office. See every booking in one list, mark them dealt with, and change your own hours, prices and photos without phoning anyone. Like Someday Soon.

Your own tool

from £2,500

Whatever part of the business runs on a notebook, a spreadsheet or memory: quotes, job cards, stock, staff, or counting the work you turn away. Built to fit how you already work.

Hosting and looking after it: £15 a month. Hosting, backups, a daily check that bookings and enquiries still arrive, and small changes when you need them. No contract.

Tell us what you needFill in the form below or email us. We'll come back with questions, or a price.
Agree a fixed priceYou get a quote that says what's included. Nothing starts until you're happy with it.
Check it, then it goes liveYou try it on a private link first. It goes live when you say so.

Questions people ask

How much does a website cost?

A website with your services, prices and hours, and bookings or enquiries sent to your phone, starts at £500. Add a back office, where you see every booking and change your own hours, prices and photos, from £1,000. A tool built around your business, like quotes, job cards or stock, starts at £2,500. You get a fixed quote before any work starts.

Can I update the website myself?

Yes, with Run it yourself, from £1,000. You get a back office that works on your phone, where you change your opening hours, photos and prices and answer enquiries without waiting on anyone. Someday Soon tattoo studio runs their site this way.

What does the £15 a month cover?

Hosting, backups, a daily check that bookings and enquiries still arrive, and small changes when you need them. There's no contract.

What are Seated and Rota Done?

Two apps for pubs, restaurants, cafés and bars. Seated takes your table bookings, for £29.99 a month per venue. Rota Done builds your staff rota and shows what it really costs, for £19 a month. Both are free for the first month.

Do Seated and Rota Done work together?

They're separate apps from the same maker. You can use either one on its own, and they don't share bookings or staff data.

Contact

Tell us what you need.

A couple of lines is plenty. We read every one.

Or email rab@humbuglabs.dev

Rab Smith · Glasgow

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