Posd POS system

Open-source point-of-sale for cafés, convenience stores and small shops. Your data stays on your machine — it keeps selling when the network does not. Apache-2.0 licensed; every local feature stays free, with no online activation.

Apache-2.0 No lock-in Offline-first · Local data

No sign-up · No phone number · Single-file installer

“No lock-in” is backed by Apache-2.0 plus a standalone trademark policy: no ads, no remote activation, no data upload.

Get the installer

Installers ship with GitHub Releases and include SHA256 checksums; build from source until the first release lands.

v0.1.0 is being prepared for release

Installers and SHA256 checksums ship with the first release. For now you can read the source, build it yourself, or watch the repository.

No countdowns, no unsigned installers — published means published.

Up and running in 5 minutes

No account, no login, sensible defaults you can skip. Take your first payment today.

1

Install

Pick your platform, double-click the installer, click through.

2

Three-step setup

Shop name → printer (local direct, auto-detected) → test print.

3

Start selling

Straight to the register. Scan a product, settle, print.

What the open-source edition ships with

Everything below is free, runs locally, and is not locked. Multi-store and cloud capabilities are in the editions comparison.

Register & order hold

Cash, QR and split payments; hold and recall orders; refunds, rounding and price changes in one step.

Bookkeeping only — no money processing

Table management

Open, merge and transfer tables; add courses. Built for dine-in shops.

Membership

Balance, points, tiers and expiry — stored on your own machine, not on our servers.

Coupons / SMS / stored-value gifts are cloud add-ons

Shifts & reports

Shift handover reconciliation, daily and monthly close, CSV export, hourly breakdown.

Remote reports / owner mobile app are cloud add-ons

Printing

Local ESC/POS direct printing, one printer per kitchen station, auto port detection.

Cross-network cloud printing uses the official cloud agent

Stock & purchasing

Automatic deduction on sale, restock on refund, write-offs, stock takes and purchase receipts — all audited.

The no-lock-in promise

Every local feature in today’s open-source edition stays free. Paid editions only add what the open-source build cannot do.

Who is using it

Real shops, real reasons. More cases are being collected; the first anonymised ones are below.

“Our SaaS POS charged every year and I worried about getting my data out. Here everything stays on my computer — and it still works offline.”

— Snack bar owner · single store · 2 years

“Install took ten minutes and the printer was detected automatically. Reconciling cash at shift handover finally adds up.”

— Convenience store manager · single store

“Rush hour is about speed. One shortcut settles and prints — no waiting for a spinner.”

— Bubble tea cashier · single store

Keep reading

The things an open-source homepage is expected to lay out — all here.

FAQ

Why it is free, where the data lives, and how it differs from cloud POS.

Contribute & roadmap

Contributor guide, roadmap, changelog and version policy.

Security & disclosure

Private vulnerability channel, response times, signing and checksums.

Editions

Community / Standard / Pro·Cloud compared line by line.

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