Fast restaurant billing
Create dine-in, takeaway, and delivery orders with product search, modifiers, addons, discounts, and multiple payment methods.
Free open-source restaurant POS
Restaurant POS software you can run, inspect, and own.
FloPOS is a self-hosted, offline-first point of sale system for food businesses. It covers billing, tables, menu items, kitchen display, thermal printing, staff roles, and local SQLite storage without subscriptions.
MIT licensev1.7.1 latest release8 GitHub stars4 forksWindows, macOS, Linux
git clone https://github.com/FreeOpenSourcePOS/FloCafe.git
cd FloCafe
npm install
npm run devBuilt for service
Dine-in, takeaway, delivery, KDS, thermal receipts, and staff workflows.
Who it is for
Made for food businesses that need control.
FloPOS is useful when a restaurant wants a modern POS without surrendering its data to a closed platform. It is especially relevant for independent cafes, quick-service restaurants, bakeries, pizza shops, food trucks, cloud kitchens, and developers building custom restaurant systems.
Single-location cafes and restaurants
Cloud kitchens and takeaway counters
Food trucks and bakeries
Developers evaluating restaurant POS GitHub projects
System administrators deploying local POS software
Features
Restaurant-first POS features
Table management
Track tables, open orders, real-time status, and service flow for cafes and restaurants.
Kitchen Display System
Send live orders to kitchen screens over WebSocket so teams can prepare food without losing tickets.
Thermal printing
Use ESC/POS receipt printers over USB, network, or Bluetooth with 58mm and 80mm templates.
Menu management
Maintain products, categories, addon groups, variants, toppings, and pricing from a local interface.
Staff roles
Create staff accounts for owner/admin and kitchen workflows with role-based access.
SQLite local data
FloPOS stores data locally in SQLite, helping restaurants keep control of their operational records.
Low stock alerts
Track stock signals for critical menu items and ingredients so teams can react before service breaks.
Cross-platform desktop
Install on Windows, macOS, and Linux using store builds, installers, AppImage, or Debian packages.
Why different
Transparent instead of locked down.
Most restaurant POS tools are rented. FloPOS is open-source software you can audit, fork, run locally, and adapt. That makes it a practical option for teams that care about cost control, data ownership, offline operation, and long-term maintainability.
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Free Restaurant POS
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Learn when local/self-hosted POS is better than cloud POS and how to plan a deployment.
Read moreInstallation Guide
Install from store builds, GitHub releases, or source for development.
Read moreDocumentation
Read setup, operations, printer, KDS, reports, inventory, and troubleshooting docs.
Read moreComparisons
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FAQ
Common questions
What is FloPOS?
FloPOS is a free, open-source restaurant POS system for cafes, restaurants, bakeries, food trucks, cloud kitchens, and similar food businesses.
Why is FloPOS free?
FloPOS is MIT licensed open-source software. The code is public, the community can inspect it, and restaurants can run it without subscriptions or license fees.
Where is the source code?
The source code is hosted on GitHub at github.com/FreeOpenSourcePOS/FloCafe.
Does FloPOS work offline?
The project describes FloPOS as offline-first. It runs locally with SQLite and is designed to continue core POS workflows without internet.