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Best open source software for restaurants and hospitality
For a restaurant or hotel, a self-hosted stack starts with URY for orders and payments, QloApps for hotel bookings and Cal.diy for table and room bookings. Each pick was chosen by hand for its job and is shown with GitHub data from October 2026.
Hospitality software from the catalog: a restaurant POS built on ERPNext, a hotel reservation system, table and appointment booking, recipes and kitchen stock, and accounting.
Updated · data from GitHub, refreshed nightly
Top picks
- Rank 1:
URY
ury-erp/ury
Restaurant management app built on ERPNext with a POS for dine-in, takeaway and delivery, a kitchen display and P&L reports.
Point of SaleTypeScriptURY has 382 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license and had 717 commits in the last year; it replaces Lightspeed and Toast.
- Rank 2:
Odoo
odoo/odoo
Free open source ERP system.
ERP & InventoryPythonDockerOdoo has 54,848 GitHub stars, uses the LGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 10,679 commits in the last year; it replaces QuickBooks and Square POS.
- Rank 3:
Open Source POS
opensourcepos/opensourcepos
Open Source Point of Sale is a web based point of sale system.
Point of SalePHPDockerOpen Source POS has 4,420 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 290 commits in the last year; it replaces Square POS and Shopify POS.
1 of 5 · 4 picks
Restaurant point of sale
- 1
URY
Restaurant management app built on ERPNext with a POS for dine-in, takeaway and delivery, a kitchen display and P&L reports.
Point of SaleURY has 382 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license and had 717 commits in the last year; it replaces Lightspeed and Toast.
- 2
Odoo
Free open source ERP system.
ERP & InventoryDockerOdoo has 54,848 GitHub stars, uses the LGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 10,679 commits in the last year; it replaces QuickBooks and Square POS.
- 3
Open Source POS
Open Source Point of Sale is a web based point of sale system.
Point of SaleDockerOpen Source POS has 4,420 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 290 commits in the last year; it replaces Square POS and Shopify POS.
- 4
NexoPOS
Laravel and Vue point-of-sale system with registers, receipts, inventory, procurement, customers and reports, extensible with modules.
Point of SaleNexoPOS has 1,269 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license and had 401 commits in the last year; it replaces Square POS and Shopify POS.
2 of 5 · 1 pick
Hotel reservations
- 1
QloApps
Customizable and intuitive web-based hotel reservation system and a booking engine.
Booking & SchedulingQloApps has 14,409 GitHub stars, uses the OSL-3.0 license and had 949 commits in the last year.
3 of 5 · 3 picks
Bookings
- 1
Cal.diy
Online appointment scheduling system.
Booking & SchedulingDockerCal.diy has 48,880 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 1,893 commits in the last year; it replaces Calendly.
- 2
Easy!Appointments
Allows your customers to book appointments with you via the web.
Booking & SchedulingEasy!Appointments has 4,412 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license and had 171 commits in the last year; it replaces Calendly.
- 3
LibreBooking
Resource scheduling solution offering a flexible, mobile-friendly, and extensible interface for organizations to manage resource reservations.
Booking & SchedulingDockerLibreBooking has 818 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 637 commits in the last year; it replaces Calendly.
4 of 5 · 3 picks
Recipes and kitchen stock
- 1
Mealie
Material design inspired recipe manager with category and tag management, shopping-lists, meal-planner, and site customizations. Mealie is focused on simple user interactions to keep the whole…
Recipe ManagementMealie has 13,451 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license and had 1,364 commits in the last year; it replaces MyFitnessPal.
- 2
Tandoor Recipes
Django application to manage, tag and search recipes using either built-in models or external storage providers hosting PDFs, Images or other files.
Source-availableRecipe ManagementDockerTandoor Recipes has 8,655 GitHub stars, is source-available under the AGPL-3.0 with Commons Clause (not an open-source license), ships a Docker image and had 1,021 commits in the last year.
- 3
grocy
ERP beyond your fridge. Groceries & household management solution for your home.
ERP & InventoryDockergrocy has 9,554 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 87 commits in the last year.
5 of 5 · 2 picks
Accounting
- 1
ERPNext
ERP system to help you run your business.
ERP & InventoryDockerERPNext has 39,821 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 6,664 commits in the last year; it replaces QuickBooks and Square POS.
- 2
Bigcapital
Financial accounting and inventory management software for small to medium businesses.
Accounting & InvoicingDockerBigcapital has 3,921 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,005 commits in the last year; it replaces QuickBooks and Xero.
What is the best open source software for restaurants and hotels?
For a restaurant or hotel, a self-hosted stack starts with URY for orders and payments, QloApps for hotel bookings and Cal.diy for table and room bookings. Each pick was chosen by hand for its job and is shown with GitHub data from October 2026.
Is there an open source restaurant POS?
Yes. URY is a restaurant management app built on ERPNext with a POS for dine-in, takeaway and delivery. Odoo, Open Source POS and NexoPOS are general point-of-sale systems.
Is there an open source hotel booking system?
QloApps is a web-based hotel reservation system and booking engine you can self-host.
Is URY free?
Yes. URY is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run this stack with Docker?
8 of the 13 apps here publish Docker images, including Odoo, Open Source POS and Cal.diy, so most of the stack can run side by side with Docker Compose on one server. Size the server for the heaviest app and add off-site backups.
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