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There’s a reason fast food is called fast. Your POS should keep up — not slow you down. Watch Floreant POS handle a fast food order flow in real time: That’s a full takeout order — item selection, modifiers, categories — all happening in seconds on a basic machine. No lag, no loading spinners, no […]

Dwayne Allen Owner, The BreadFruit — Phoenix, AZ When people think of open-source POS, they might picture a small takeout shop or a food truck. But The BreadFruit in downtown Phoenix proved that Floreant POS belongs on the biggest stage. The BreadFruit was an award-winning modern Jamaican restaurant owned by Dwayne Allen. This wasn’t casual […]

A new stable release has been announced. Its build 705. Redesigned Front end, making it more friendly for low resolution touch monitors. There are a number of changes based on user feedback. The Ticket editor has moved to left side, buttons were organized and less used features were moved to more. We added filter by […]

Lots of our friends ask why Open Source since we have lots of freeware! But there is a basic difference. Everyone should try Open Source before dealing with any closed source product. Two main reasons. First of all you do not need to pay a single cent to use it as it is. We use […]

There is a funny story that once a man who moved to a new place asked a Car dealer how to go to nearby grocery. The grocery was in fact 3 blocks away but the car dealer explained that he must buy a BMW because it would save time and money. In case the guy […]

We are thankful for the companies who provided support and given access to their products and services for our open source project. RazorSQL — This is one amazing tool that we use to explore Derby database from all the platforms. The founder of this software has provided a full license. Features include native Mac client, […]

You do not need to download any language pack. You do not need to compile the software. We also do not tell you to use any techy app. Floreant POS is already ready to be translated. From version 1.4 beta, we separated language files and just translating one single file is enough. Already we got […]

We have eventually decided to add MySQL support in next releases. MySQL is the most popular database for web systems and it should encourage web developers to develop web POS solutions. Porting or adding options for different database systems is an easier job in Floreant POS as we used a Hibernate-based abstraction layer (DAL). The […]

PHP Developers can connect to the Derby database of Floreant POS with the following steps. It has been tested in PHP 5.3 and should be working in PHP 5.2 as well. PHP has different APIs for different databases and PHP can connect to Apache Derby (formerly known as Cloudscape) with DB2 connectivity. For successful connection […]

Designing a touch screen interface for a point of sale system requires careful thought about usability in a fast-paced restaurant environment. Here are the key principles we follow in Floreant POS: Large Touch Targets — Buttons must be large enough to tap accurately even during a busy rush. We recommend a minimum of 44×44 pixels […]