Open Source POS
Open Source Point of Sale is a web based point of sale system.
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Still maintained? Yes: 150 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 3.4.3 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in E-commerce: Shopify alternatives.
At a glance
Open Source POS quick facts
- Health score
- 85/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 4,468
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 3.4.3, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Open Source POS
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Open Source Point of Sale is a web-based point of sale system. The application is written in PHP, uses MySQL (or MariaDB) as the data storage back-end, and has a simple but intuitive user interface."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Open Source POS scores 85/100, #16 of 25 in E-commerce: 150 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (3.4.3, 8 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,468 stars add 14.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
150 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
3.4.3 released 8 days ago
- Stars 14.6 / 20
4.5k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 150
- Last 90 days
- 377
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #16 of 25 tools in E-commerce by health , between WooCommerce (#15) and Shopware Community Edition (#17) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 3.4.3 · 8 days ago |
| Stars | 4,468 |
| Open issues | 231 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | opensourcepos/opensourcepos ↗ |
Open Source POS vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Open Source POS (E-commerce), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saleor | 97 | 23k | BSD-3-Clause | today |
| EverShop | 96 | 11k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Solidus | 95 | 5.3k | BSD-3-Clause | yesterday |
| Hi.Events | 94 | 4.1k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Discount Bandit | 92 | 760 | GPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Open Source POS (this tool) | 85 | 4.5k | MIT | yesterday |
Open Source POS: common questions
Is Open Source POS still maintained?
Open Source POS had 150 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 3.4.3, is from 8 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.