00Sapline
Free to start

One record, from the tap to the shelf.

Sapline runs the whole operation — laying out the bush, the season itself, bottling and sales, and the paperwork behind all of it — on one set of records.

Collection logMar 12 · 06:40
SectionRidge line · north
Volume412 gal
Brix2.1
Taps active540
Logged byD. Marsh
Field
Bottle labelRetail · 32 fl oz
Marsh Family SugarworksPure maple syrupGrade A · Amber, rich tasteLot260312-01
Sugarhouse
Inspection packp. 4 of 12
Traceability · lot 260312-01
BottledApr 02 · run 14
Drawn offMar 14 · 66.9 °Bx
Sap fromMar 12 · Ridge line
Mass balance98.6% accounted
Market

Same run, three places. The 412 gallons off the ridge line on March 12 is the lot code on the bottle and the line on page four of the inspection pack. Nobody typed it three times.

01The span

Six areas. One set of records underneath.

Three of them follow the season in order. Three never stop. Find your own problem in here and go straight to it.

Line runsSep → Aug
Stops03 · in season order
Rail03 · year-round
RecordNever retyped
lay out the bushSep – Jan
Stop 01 · LiveMaps and runs
  • Tubing planner
  • Mainline sizing by slope
  • Parcel claim from state records
  • Tapping zones
  • Terrain and slope layers
Hands onTap counts by sectionSee it
run the seasonFeb – Apr
Stop 02 · LiveLogs and boils
  • Sap-flow forecast
  • Freeze-thaw weather
  • Morning brief of deadlines + weather
  • Collection logs with brix
  • Boil logs linked to the sap that made them
  • Yield ratios
Hands onSyrup by grade and lotSee it
get it to marketMay – Aug
Stop 03 · LiveLots and sales
  • Bottling runs
  • Lot codes on every bottle
  • Label generation
  • Barrel tracking
  • Mass balance
  • Bulk buyers
Hands onLot codes and mass balanceSee it
Year-round railNever stops
Rail · LiveAssets and calibrations
  • Pre-season checklist
  • Calibration due dates
  • Fuel logs
  • Consumables
  • Equipment report PDF
Rail · LivePrograms and packs
  • Six programs with readiness scores
  • The whole inspection pack as one ZIP
  • Policy generation
  • Allergen assessments
  • Visitor logs
Rail · LivePaper and costs
  • OCR of your paper collection sheets
  • Cost per gallon
  • Profitability
  • Land Link (beta)

Every stop hands its records to the next one and out to the year-round rail. Nothing is re-entered along the way.

02Small proof

Everybody keeps a binder of collection sheets.

Photograph the day's sheet before you leave the sugarhouse. Sapline reads the rows — date, location, gallons, brix — and they land in the season total.

Photo · paper sheetMar 12
Collection log · 2026Sheet 14 · clipboard, truckDateLocationGalBrix3/12Ridge line4122.13/12Brook run2682.03/11Ridge line3552.2Pencil · initials RM
read
Collection logsafter OCR
DateLocationGalBrixMar 12Ridge line4122.1Mar 12Brook run2682.0Mar 11Ridge line3552.2Read from sheet 14 · 3 of 3 rows · checked once, never retyped
rolls up
Season to date2026
Ridge line · Mar 12412 galRuns logged47Sap collected18,940 galAverage brix2.1Sap to syrup42:1
Syrup made451 gal

The binder you already keep, without the evening at the kitchen table. That 412 is the same 412 that ends up on a lot code.

03Know your number

Ask ten producers what a gallon costs them. You'll get ten guesses.

The ones deciding whether to hang another two thousand taps need the real number most, and it's the one nobody has.

Cost per finished gallon$28.402026 season · 451 gal finished · 3,400 taps

Bulk was $2.42/lb this spring. At 11 lb to the gallon that's $26.62 back. This operation is a dollar and change underwater on bulk and makes it up at retail.

Labor$9.60
Your own hours count, at whatever rate you set. Most hand-built spreadsheets leave this out and land 30% low.
Equipment & bush$8.90
Tubing, taps, evaporator and RO, spread across their real service life.
Fuel & power$4.35
Packaging$4.41
Supplies & consumables$1.14
Logged by hand as an expense when you buy it — no scan, no auto-import. Updated as you log costs through the season.
Total per gallon$28.40
Recalculated whenever a record changes.
04Tubing planner

Lay out the bush before you carry a roll of tubing.

Draw mainlines and laterals over your own property. Sapline sizes mainline by slope and length, plans the runs and the corridors you'll cut, and keeps tap counts by section so the plan matches what you actually installed.

Plate 05 · tubing plannerMuted · loops
Tubing planner demo

Layout and planning only. Sapline does not read your vacuum lines or your tanks — what it holds is the plan you drew and the counts you gave it.

05Compliance & traceability

One lot code answers the whole question.

The inspector reads a number off a bottle. You type it in and get the bottling run, the draw-off, the sap it came from, and the mass balance that ties them together — then download the pack.

Plate 06 · lot 260312-01Traceability · mass balance
One lot code answers the whole question.
EnterThe lot codeRead off the bottle in the inspector's hand. Nothing else needed.
Resolves toMass balanceSap in, syrup out, what went to bulk and what went to retail — reconciled.
Downloads asThe inspection packOne file, assembled from records you already kept. See the compliance page
06Free tools

Nine calculators. No account, no email.

Open to anybody, whether you ever sign up or not. Bookmark the ones you use.

Also free: a 30-term maple glossary — the words that show up in grading rules, inspection forms and equipment manuals, written plainly.

Start with one season.