Menu and taxes
Create realistic categories, prices, taxes, modifiers, addons, discounts, and common order combinations.
Industry
POS for Fast Food
Fast Food need fast order entry, clear menus, reliable receipts, and simple staff workflows. FloCafe is worth evaluating when open-source licensing and local control matter.
How to think about this
Start with the restaurant workflow, not a feature checklist.
A restaurant POS affects order accuracy, staff training, payment flow, printer reliability, kitchen communication, reporting, and how managers recover from mistakes. The right question is not “does it have many features?” but “does it make daily service easier and safer?”
Ask whether staff can complete common tasks quickly, whether your hardware works, whether your data can be backed up, who fixes problems during service, and what happens when the internet is unreliable.
FloCafe fit
FloCafe is best evaluated as an open-source restaurant POS foundation. It is most relevant when source access, local control, and freedom from license fees matter.
Evaluation checklist
Test it like a live restaurant system.
Before relying on any POS, run the exact workflows your staff will use during service.
Hardware
Test receipt printers, kitchen printers, screens, scanners, cash drawers, and the network they depend on.
Operations
Confirm staff roles, backups, restore process, update plan, and how issues will be reported through GitHub.
Where FloCafe fits
Useful when ownership and transparency matter.
Public project materials describe workflows for dine-in, takeaway, delivery, table management, modifiers and addons, multiple payment methods, invoice generation, KDS, KOT printing, kitchen stations, ESC/POS thermal printing, barcode lookup, staff roles, customer data, loyalty, WhatsApp e-billing, backup history, optional Google Drive backups, multilingual UI support, SQLite, Electron, Next.js, TypeScript, and WebSocket updates.
MITLicense
2.9.0Latest FloCafe release
GitHubSource code
SQLiteLocal data
Related resources
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Installation guide
Review setup paths and what to test before deployment.
Read installationDownload
Get releases, store links, and source setup options.
Download FloCafeSecurity
Plan access control, backups, updates, and device safety.
Read security guideOffline recovery
Separate local ordering, payment authorization, printing, and restore testing before live service.
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POS for Fine DiningFAQ
Common questions
Is FloCafe suitable for fast food?
FloCafe covers orders, tables, kitchen display, KOT printing, staff roles, and reports that any restaurant needs. Industry-specific features are configurable in the menu and workflow layer.
What fast food features does FloCafe include?
Modifier-heavy menus, kitchen routing by station, takeaway and delivery workflows, and receipt templates. The exact mix depends on your menu and service style, not the POS.
How does FloCafe compare to industry-specialized POS systems?
FloCafe is a general restaurant POS, not a vertical-specific platform. For most operators that is an advantage: one application, no per-feature module fees, full source access. For very specialized workflows, a vertical tool may have deeper defaults.
What should I verify before deployment?
Test the exact release, menu, taxes, printers, roles, backups, and workflow in your own restaurant environment before live service.
No sales call. No card.
Continue evaluating FloCafe
Install it, load a real menu, and run a full service before you trust it with a Friday night.