Point of Sale (POS)

Point of Sale (POS) systems are important for retail merchants and restaurants. You need to be able to ring up the sale quickly and accurately, receive payment by various means including credit/debit cards. In addition, the POS system should work with inventory tracking systems as well as accounting systems.

If you need self check-out or for restaurant use, you need a touch screen system.

Commercial POS systems are expensive

Commercial POS systems are expensive to start with and cost more for additional features and add-ons. There are also monthly fees as well as support costs.

You can consider free open source software

Now there are free open source software available with a ton of features.

OpenBravo POS

Openbravo POS claims to be the leading open source Point-of-Sale (POS) application in the retail industry and configurable for many POS environments. People report using OpenBravo successfully installed in office PCs with an inexpensive USB bar code scanner. OpenBravo POS also supports touch screen features. You can download OpenBravo POS software free from here.

Please read our Precautions FAQ before downloading.