DineFlow - Restaurant POS with Kitchen Display

DineFlow is a self-hosted, multi-tenant SaaS for restaurant ordering and point-of-sale — menu, tables, orders, staff, and billing, all in one system each restaurant runs under its own subscription.

Live Demo

Live demo: https://dineflow.sniperlicance.xyz/

• Demo owner login: demouser@demo.com / demo1234 (Bella Vista Bistro)
• Demo kitchen login: kitchen@demo.com / demo1234
• Demo waiter login: waiter@demo.com / demo1234
• Admin login: admin@dineflow.com / admin1234

Every restaurant (tenant) manages its own menu, tables, staff, and orders independently, and pays a monthly or yearly subscription via Stripe to use the platform.

The two things generic ordering scripts skip entirely

• A real Kitchen Display System (KDS) — a live, auto-updating board for kitchen staff showing every incoming order, organized New / In Progress / Ready, with a tap to advance each one. No manual refresh needed.
• QR table ordering with a live, no-login status page — every table gets its own QR code. Guests scan it, browse the menu, and order directly from their phone — no app, no account. They then see their order's status update in real time (New → In Progress → Ready → Served) on the same page, powered by the same live system as the kitchen display.

Also included

• Menu management: categories, items, modifiers/options, availability toggle (86'd)
• Per-item stock tracking with low-stock alerts
• POS screen for staff-entered walk-in/phone orders
• Multi-location, multi-staff-role support (owner, kitchen, waiter)
• Sales reports (daily/weekly/monthly, top items, totals)
• Multi-tenant billing with 4 built-in, fully editable Stripe subscription plans
• Database-driven multi-language admin panel
• Full platform-admin panel: restaurants, plans, settings, languages

Included plans (fully editable from the platform admin panel)

• Free — 1 location, 5 tables, 50 orders/month
• Starter — $19/mo — 3 locations, 20 tables, unlimited orders
• Pro — $45/mo — 10 locations, unlimited tables
• Restaurant Group — $89/mo — unlimited everything, priority support

Please add your own Stripe keys before going live. The kitchen display and order-status page update via short-interval polling (not WebSockets), so no special server setup beyond standard PHP/MySQL hosting is required.

Features

Real-time kitchen display (KDS) — New / In Progress / Ready, tap to advance QR table ordering — guests order from their phone, no login or app required Live, no-login order-status page for the customer (syncs with the kitchen display) Per-item stock tracking with low-stock alerts POS screen for staff-entered walk-in and phone orders Menu management: categories, items, modifiers, availability toggle Multi-location, multi-role staff accounts (owner, kitchen, waiter) Sales reports: daily/weekly/monthly totals and top items Multi-tenant: every restaurant manages its own menu, tables, staff and billing Stripe subscription billing with 4 built-in, fully editable plans Full platform admin panel: restaurants, plans, settings, languages Database-driven multi-language system — add and translate languages from the admin UI Self-hosted: full source code, runs on any standard PHP/MySQL host 4-step guided web installer with automatic permission repair Includes realistic demo data and demo logins for instant evaluation

Requirements

PHP 8.1 or higher MySQL 5.7+ / MariaDB (with PDO MySQL extension) PHP extensions: pdo_mysql, mbstring, json, openssl, curl, gd A Stripe account (for subscription billing — optional if you only need the Free plan) Apache with mod_rewrite (.htaccess) or equivalent rewrite rules on Nginx

Instructions

1. Upload all files to your server (or a subfolder). 2. Visit your domain in a browser — the installer will start automatically and will attempt to self-repair file/directory permissions. 3. Step 1: the installer checks PHP version and required extensions. 4. Step 2: enter your MySQL database connection details. 5. Step 3: create your platform admin account (name, email, password). 6. Step 4: installation completes — log in at /admin with the account you just created. 7. In Admin → Settings, add your Stripe keys to enable paid subscriptions. 8. In Admin → Plans, adjust pricing and limits to match your business model. 9. If your host shows a "View not found" error right after upload, upload the included fix_permissions.php to your project root and open it once in a browser, then delete it. 10. (Optional) In Admin → Languages, add a new language and translate the interface from the admin panel.