| Type | Best starting point for | Filesoft example |
|---|---|---|
| Theme | Consistent colors and reusable object styles in your app. | Spring Garden |
| Add-on | A component to integrate into an existing app. | Navigation Sidebar |
| Solution | A FileMaker file built around a particular workflow. | Checklist Lite |
A theme gives your layouts a visual foundation.
A theme defines styles for objects such as text, fields and buttons. Filesoft includes demonstration layouts so you can explore those styles. Import the theme from the carrier file and apply it to layouts in your own file. Your app’s data and behavior still need to be built and connected.
Start with Spring Garden Lite if you want to try the process without purchasing a full theme.
An add-on supplies a component to integrate.
Filesoft Navigation Sidebar is a reusable navigation component for a FileMaker app. Follow its own installation and integration instructions to connect it to your layouts. Installing a component does not automatically configure every part of your application.
Navigation Sidebar is free; enter your name and email to receive its private download link. That request does not subscribe you to marketing emails.
Checklist Lite Add-on 0.1.2 is another free option: install a self-contained checklist workspace in an existing FileMaker file, with a launcher and Back to host. No host-table relationship or startup-script change is required; lists are not linked to individual host records. Intended for FileMaker Pro 19.6.3–26 on macOS, with owner-confirmed tests in 19 and 26. Intermediate versions were not individually tested.
A solution provides a focused workspace.
Checklist Lite is a FileMaker file for everyday checklists, step notes and reusable templates. Unzip it and open the .fmp12 file in FileMaker Pro. There is no add-on installation step. It is a FileMaker solution, not a standalone executable.
Checklist Lite is free and delivered by email after you provide your name and email address, without a marketing subscription.
Loan Desk is a free standalone solution for equipment, borrowers, due dates and individual returns. It uses Copper Dune styling; the full commercial theme is sold separately. Loan Desk is designed for FileMaker Pro 19.6.3–26 on macOS in single-user desktop use. Exact tested versions have not been recorded.
Stockroom is a free standalone solution for consumable supplies, receipts, usage, low stock and count adjustments. It showcases selected Jade Meridian styles; the full commercial theme is sold separately. Intended for FileMaker Pro 19.6.3–26 on macOS, single-user desktop use, with owner-confirmed tests in 19 and 26. The exact 19.x patch was not recorded; intermediate versions were not individually tested.
Prefer to work inside an existing file? The free Stockroom Add-on 0.1.1 provides one shared stockroom per host, a Jade Meridian launcher and Back to host. Stock items are independent of host records. Check its installation guidance and product-specific compatibility.
Contact Journal is a free standalone workspace for contacts, conversations and follow-ups, styled with Cerulean Drift. Check its product-specific compatibility and usage terms.
Check compatibility for the specific product.
FileMaker Pro is required and sold separately. The standalone Checklist Lite solution was tested in FileMaker Pro 19.6.3 and 26 on macOS; intermediate versions were not individually tested. Windows, Go, WebDirect, hosting and multi-user use are outside that release’s supported scope. Check the separate product pages for Navigation Sidebar and the themes.
Refreshing an existing layout? Explore themes. Adding navigation? Review the sidebar. Managing everyday checklists? Try Checklist Lite.
For contact follow-ups inside an existing file, see Contact Journal Add-on installation instructions. Prefer a separate file? Compare the two Contact Journal downloads.