FreedomShopComing from QuickBooks Point of Sale
QuickBooks Point of Sale was discontinued in 2023. If your shop still runs it, or has already moved on and misses it, FreedomShop is a free, open-source point of sale built around the same daily work.
What will feel familiar
- A home screen that lays out the sales and purchasing workflows, with the lists beside them.
- Sales receipts, held receipts, returns and gift certificates.
- Sales orders with deposits, for layaways and special orders, and a list of what's waiting for pickup.
- Purchase orders, receiving vouchers and receiving history.
- Items, departments, vendors and customers, with on-hand quantities.
- Price tags, and the closing reports: daily totals, sales tax and sales by vendor.
What's different
- No subscription. FreedomShop is free to use, on as many registers as you have.
- It runs on your own server. Install it once in the back office. The registers sign in to it over the store's network.
- Open source. The code is public under the AGPL-3.0-or-later, so nobody can retire the version your shop depends on.
- Sales tax is yours to set up. Add your own tax locations, rates and exemptions, and your own filing periods.
Bringing your data along
A way to bring customers, items, vendors and sales history over from QuickBooks Point of Sale is planned. Until then, a new shop starts with its item list and opening counts.
Questions
Is FreedomShop free?
Yes. There's no subscription and no fee per register.
Is FreedomShop part of QuickBooks?
No. It's an independent open-source project and isn't affiliated with Intuit.
Does it work with accounting software?
Sending each day's sales to FreedomBooks, its free sister project for accounting, is planned.