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Free POS Software for Retail: Odoo Community POS Explained
Free, open-source POS software for retail shops: what Odoo Community's point of sale does, how it links to stock and purchasing, and the costs of hosting and hardware.
Restaurants · Odoo ERP Services
Free open-source restaurant POS and ERP
Odoo Community's point of sale has a restaurant mode: floor plans, table orders, kitchen order printing and split bills. Behind it sit inventory and purchasing, so you can track ingredients and order from suppliers. It's open source with no licence fee, and we set it up for free.
Overview
What free covers, and what it doesn't
The kitchen display screen is an Enterprise feature; Community sends orders to kitchen printers instead. Hosting and hardware aren't included, and you pay for those yourself.
Free Odoo setup
Free open-source restaurants ERP, set up for free
We install and set up Odoo Community, the free open-source edition of Odoo, at no cost. There is no licence fee for the software and no charge for the setup.
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Free open-source software
Odoo Community is licensed under LGPLv3: no licence fee, no user limit and no expiry.
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Free setup
We install Odoo Community on your server and set up the core apps your business needs.
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Hosting is yours
Hosting is not included. You run Odoo on your own server or cloud account and pay your hosting provider directly. We can recommend options.
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Paid work is quoted first
Data migration, customisation, integrations and training go beyond setup. We quote them up front, so nothing is billed without your agreement.
Focus areas
What we concentrate on
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Floors and tables
Your floor plan on screen, with orders held per table until the bill.
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Kitchen printing
Orders sent to kitchen and bar printers by category.
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Bills and payments
Split bills, tips and multiple payment methods.
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Ingredient stock
Recipes as bills of materials so sales consume ingredients from stock.
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Supplier ordering
Purchase orders to suppliers from reorder levels.
Approach
How the engagement is structured
We set up Point of Sale in restaurant mode, Inventory and Purchase on Odoo Community for free, with your floor plan, menu and printers.
Recipe costing for the full menu, multi-outlet setups and delivery-platform integrations are optional extras, quoted first.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free restaurant POS?
Yes. Odoo Community's point of sale includes a restaurant mode with tables and kitchen printing. We set it up for free; you pay for hosting and hardware.
Is hosting free?
No. The setup is free, but you pay for hosting yourself. Odoo runs on your own server or cloud account, and you pay the hosting provider directly. We'll recommend a size that suits your users and data.
Does it include a kitchen display screen?
Not in Community. The kitchen display is an Odoo Enterprise feature; Community sends orders to kitchen printers.
Can it track ingredients?
Yes. Menu items can use recipes so each sale reduces ingredient stock.
Next step
Set up a free restaurant POS
We'll set up Odoo Community's restaurant POS, stock and purchasing for free.