Built for the kitchen, not the pitch deck
Eatin POS came out of a simple observation: most restaurants already have a till, and still keep the important numbers in a notebook.
The problem
Point-of-sale software is easy to find. It prints a receipt and counts the day's takings, and then it stops. What it doesn't do is tell you which of your regulars owes you eleven thousand rupees, what a plate of kababs actually costs to put on the table, or whether the mince in the fridge matches the mince you paid for.
So those things live somewhere else — a khata notebook by the register, a supplier ledger in a drawer, a stock count someone did last Eid. Three systems that never agree, and a monthly figure nobody fully trusts.
The idea
Put them in the same program, and make one entry do all the work. When a waiter taps a dish and takes the money, that single action should print the kitchen ticket, take the ingredients out of stock, book the revenue, work out the food cost, and — if the guest is paying later — put the amount on their ledger. Nobody should type anything twice.
That's what Eatin POS is. A till that keeps books, or a khata that happens to print receipts, depending on which half of the job you came for.
Why it's free
The restaurants that most need this are the ones least able to justify a monthly subscription per terminal — the dhaba with two tills, the family place with one. Charging them would mean the software gets used by the businesses that need it least.
Giving away another copy costs nothing, so another copy gets given away. There is one version, every feature is in it, and there is no upgrade page. See pricing if you'd like that spelled out further.
What we care about
Honest numbers
Gross profit is labelled as being before expenses. Stock value can go negative if your data says so. The app doesn't flatter you — a figure that looks wrong is telling you something.
Nothing is deleted
Documents are cancelled and stay on the record. Tables and accounts with history are retired, not removed. Totals reconcile because nothing quietly vanishes.
Fast under pressure
The till is full-screen with no sidebar. Quantity is chosen before the dish. The order board refreshes itself. Service is not the time to hunt for a menu.
Written down
Every screen and every button is documented, free to read, without signing up for anything. A feature nobody can work out isn't a feature.
Have a look for yourself
Every screen is on this site, and so is the whole manual.