AWEB Client & Module Store

AWEB — the practice management software by quentis — runs entirely in the browser: appointments, patient records and billing are cloud-based, no server needed at the practice. But in day-to-day practice work that's exactly where integration breaks down: the browser has no line to the physical workstation.

Hardware keys for fast user switching, document scanners via WIA/TWAIN, the GDT device interface of lab and diagnostics equipment, local folders and structured mail communication — all of it is out of reach for a web app. The task: close this gap without touching the web app itself — it stays with quentis.

Instead of a browser plugin or a monolithic desktop port, we built a modular desktop platform. AWEB Client is an Electron runtime for Windows that embeds the web app and extends it via a plugin system: modules load dynamically, declare their permissions through a capability model and bring their own UI overlays — panels, sidebars, widgets, full-screen views.

Alongside it sits the AWEB Module Store as the central distribution platform: module catalog, license models per station, user or tenant, an admin dashboard with a role system and audit log, plus a self-service portal where tenants activate and configure modules without IT support.

The critical part was distribution: every module package is signed server-side and delivered encrypted per station. The client verifies signature and key before loading — extensibility stays controlled without turning the store into a single point of failure: if it's unreachable, the client keeps running under grace periods.

The platform runs in production at medical practices: stations register themselves with the store, modules are licensed and rolled out centrally, and new features ship as modules rather than on-site update appointments. iButton login takes under two seconds; scans land directly in the record.

What started as a desktop extension for a web app is now the module and licensing infrastructure behind AWEB workstations — and documented as a standalone in-house product on this website: AWEB Client.