No. 24 of 105 ·Point-of-Sale Software

Posnic POS

Web · Windows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

Three barsScore 6.6

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely4 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Posnic POS is ranked #24 of 105 in point-of-sale software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

Posnic POS plans and pricing

All plans

Posnic Community Edition Free ₹0 forever Local desktop use · no trial timer or Posnic account · AGPL-3.0-only source · community support path posnic.com · 2 Oct 2026

Compared on point-of-sale software

Free plan: Yes
Inventory management: Yes
Offline mode: Yes
Employee permissions: Yes
Hardware support: third_party
Multi-location support: Yes
Sales reporting: Yes

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The record

Product: Posnic is a local-first point-of-sale application for retail shops and restaurants, with optional paid cloud services.
Core workflows: The product documentation covers sales, returns, customers, taxes, reporting, stock, purchases, stock logs, and price lists.
Offline use: The desktop edition keeps its database and API on the shop computer, and the download page says local billing can continue offline after Cloud setup.
Cloud services: Posnic Cloud is described as providing sync, off-site backups, and remote dashboards; the maker says cloud prices load live and depend on country and billing period.
Integrations and migration: The maker offers custom integrations with accounting and e-commerce systems and free data migration from Vyapar, myBillBook, Marg, Tally, GoFrugal, or Excel.
Deployment: The free edition can be installed on Windows, macOS, or Linux, or self-hosted on an owned Ubuntu server for browser access on a local network.
Open source: The desktop application source is published under the AGPL-3.0-only license.
Local privacy: The maker says the local edition requires no Posnic account and sends no analytics or business-data telemetry to Posnic.
Security boundary: The maker says no independent security audit has been commissioned.
Support: The maker lists phone or WhatsApp support for trade-blocking incidents at any hour and routine email help Monday through Saturday, 10:00–19:00 IST, with no SLA or guaranteed response time.
Cloud evidence limit: The maker says its review did not acceptance-test hosted cloud, branch sync, load, recovery, or service levels.
Publisher: Posnic Innovations Private Limited publishes Posnic POS.
Founded: 2016
Headquarters: Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Point-of-Sale Software in 2026#24 of 105
Best Retail POS Software in 2026#3 of 28

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Sources

posnic.com/about· checked 2 Oct 2026
posnic.com/features· checked 2 Oct 2026
posnic.com/download· checked 2 Oct 2026
posnic.com/pricing· checked 2 Oct 2026
posnic.com/support· checked 2 Oct 2026
posnic.com· checked 28 Sept 2026