Built for the way
retail actually works
Every feature is designed around real retail operations — not theoretical workflows. Offline-first, fast, and reliable.
How offline POS works without internet
Available on Professional and Enterprise plans.
Most cloud POS systems stop selling the moment your connection drops. Abosto is built the other way round: the point of sale runs on a local-first transaction engine. Every sale is processed and stored on your own device first, so scanning, pricing, discounts and receipt printing all keep working through load-shedding, router failures or mobile dead zones.
When connectivity returns, a background sync engine reconciles automatically: sales flow up to the cloud back office, and catalog, pricing and stock changes flow back down to every terminal. Conflicts are resolved deterministically, and an audit trail records every movement, so your books stay accurate without manual re-capture.
For multi-store retailers this means each location keeps its own resilient local state while head office still sees consolidated, near-real-time reporting. No dedicated servers, no IT team on call — a standard PC or tablet is enough.
From a browser tab to a whole store of tills
Start selling with nothing installed — and grow into full offline power when you need it.
Zero install
Fully in the cloud
Open a browser and sell. The POS and Back Office run entirely in the cloud — any PC, laptop or tablet becomes a till in minutes, with nothing to install or maintain.
Perfect for getting started and for connected stores.
Abosto Desktop
One till, true offline
Install Abosto Desktop on a single POS device and it keeps selling with no internet at all — the full offline-first engine on your own machine, syncing to the cloud when connected.
Offline mode is available on Professional and Enterprise plans.
Abosto Desktop — Hub
One hub, every till in the store
Install once as a hub, and every till in the store — PCs and tablets alike — works off it over your local network, selling through outages together and syncing to the cloud as one.
Built for busy multi-till floors that cannot stop.
An interface you can shape to your business
We can't build every owner a dedicated system — so we built one you can shape yourself. No code, no consultants.
Your fields, your data
Add your own fields to products, customers, suppliers — any business object. Rename, reorder by drag-and-drop, set what is required, and hide what you never use.
Forms that follow your rules
Show and hide fields conditionally, validate the way your business works, and lay out add/edit screens and detail pages the way your staff think.
Preview before you commit
Every change is previewed live before it goes anywhere, and a full change history means you can always see what changed and when.
Permissions down to the action
Decide per role who can see, create, edit or delete each kind of record — one permission grid across the till and the back office.
From the floor plan to the kitchen pass
Abosto isn't retail-only — table service is built in.
Tables, tabs and floor plans
Run a visual floor plan at the till: open a tab per table, move it, and settle when the guests are ready.
Modifiers done right
Extra cheese, no onions, double shot — modifier groups per product, chosen in a tap at the till.
Straight to the kitchen
Order tickets route to the kitchen printer automatically, with their own docket layout — the pass never waits on a waiter's memory.
Point of Sale
A register that never goes down
Abosto POS processes transactions locally first, then syncs to the cloud in the background. Your store keeps selling even when the internet drops — no lag, no waiting, no lost sales.
- Offline-first: transactions process without internet
- Instant barcode scanning and item lookup
- Split and multi-tender payments; hold and resume sales
- Shifts with counted floats, cash drops, and end-of-day cash-up
- Supervisor approvals by PIN or printable override card
- Receipt and kitchen/order-ticket printing via Abosto Print Proxy
- Receipts your customers recognise — your text, your branding
- Email or reprint any receipt; returns and refunds built in
- Age verification and restricted item controls
- Real-time catalog sync from back office
Illustration with demo data
Illustration with demo data
Back Office
Your operational command center
Manage every aspect of your business from a single dashboard. Inventory, orders, customers, suppliers, analytics — all connected and always up to date.
- Real-time inventory tracking across all locations
- Stocktakes, stock transfers between stores, and reason-coded adjustments
- Every movement traceable in an audit-ready history
- Product templates with variant matrices and per-store pricing
- Supplier registry and goods receiving with batch and cost capture
- Bulk CSV product import; PDF and grid exports
- Revenue dashboards, sales reporting, and sell-through analytics
- Roles and permissions, shift review, and one-click backups
Every capability, built in
No plugins, no add-ons. Everything works out of the box.
Real-time Inventory
Track stock across warehouses with variant matrices and automatic reorder points.
Analytics & Reports
Revenue dashboards, peak-hour patterns, and sell-through rates updated in real time.
Customer Management
Customer accounts at the till and in the back office, with profiles and purchase history.
Multi-store Sync
Proprietary engine propagates updates across your network in milliseconds.
Hardware Integration
Receipt printers, scanners, and payment terminals via our open-source print proxy.
Audit-Ready Records
VAT-ready receipts, reason-coded stock adjustments, and audit-ready transaction logs behind every sale.
Product Templates
Define product structures once, apply across categories with variant inheritance.
Order Management
Track orders through customizable status workflows with real-time notifications.
Multi-tenant Security
Database-level isolation, JWT auth, and role-based access control per tenant.
Works with your hardware
Receipt printers, barcode scanners, payment terminals — connect them all through our open-source print proxy.
Receipt printers
Epson TM-T88, Bixolon SRP-350, XPrinter POS-80 and any ESC/POS printer — USB or network. Plug in and print.
Barcode scanners
Standard USB and Bluetooth scanners work out of the box — no drivers, no configuration.
Label printers
Barcodes are generated per product and variant — EAN-13s created automatically — with a dedicated label-printer role on each terminal.
Cash drawers
Kick-driven drawers connected through your receipt printer open automatically on cash sales.
Keep the card machine you already have.
Abosto rings up the sale and records the payment type; your Yoco, SnapScan or bank speedpoint processes the payment on its own network, exactly as it does today. No integration project, no new hardware.
Abosto is not affiliated with these providers — card payments are processed entirely by your terminal.