MonarCat/mikaju-payroll

A Payroll Software Solution for Eastern Africa # Mikaju Payroll **Professional offline-first payroll & HR software for Kenyan businesses.** By Mikaju Software Solutions — a subsidiary of Afams Limited, Nairobi. --- ## What this is Mikaju Payroll is a desktop application (Electron + React) that lets Kenyan businesses run statutory-compliant payroll **with or without internet**. All data lives locally in an encrypted SQLite database and syncs to Supabase cloud whenever the machine comes online. It is the dedicated payroll & HR product that succeeds the payroll features previously offered by salarycalculator.co.ke, which will continue to serve lightweight, browser-based salary calculations. --- ## Statutory compliance (2026) | Deduction | Rate / Rule | |---|---| | PAYE | Graduated bands 10% → 35%, personal relief KES 2,400/mo | | NSSF | Tier I: 6% up to LEL (KES 9,000) · Tier II: 6% up to UEL (KES 108,000) | | SHIF | 2.75% of gross, minimum KES 300 | | Affordable Housing Levy | 1.5% employee + 1.5% employer | All rates are stored in **versioned tables keyed by `effectiveFrom` date** so historical payroll runs stay reproducible after statutory changes. --- ## Pricing | Plan | Monthly | Annual | Employees | |---|---|---|---| | Free | KES 0 | — | Up to 3 | | Basic | KES 99 | KES 999 | Up to 25 | | Enterprise | KES 399 | KES 3,999 | Unlimited | Subscriptions run on Paystack recurring billing. Offline license tokens allow the app to enforce entitlements without requiring internet on every launch. --- ## Repo structure ``` mikaju-payroll/ ├── apps/ │ ├── landing/ # mikaju.com static site (plain HTML/CSS/JS) │ └── desktop/ # Electron + Vite + React desktop app │ ├── electron/ │ │ ├── main.js # Main process entry point │ │ ├── preload.js # contextBridge IPC surface │ │ ├── db/ # SQLite schema + writeRecord() │ │ ├── sync/ # Sync engine (push outbox → pull remote) │ │ └── license/ # Offline ECDS …