Free GPLv3 bar inventory software for real bar workflows: voice/walk counting, tenths, variance, POS imports, smart orders, receiving, par alerts, barcode scanning, recipe costing and multi-venue support. Runs locally on your laptop with no subscription, no account and no cloud lock-in. Optional AI only for invoice photos.
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I'm a bar owner and have been behind the stick for years. Every bar
▎ inventory system I found was either a monthly subscription or locked your
▎ data behind a paywall. Pour cost is simple math — it shouldn't cost
▎ $200/month.
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▎ So I built Open Source Barware — a free, open-source set of tools for
▎ counting inventory, tracking pour cost, and managing bar operations. It
▎ includes downloadable spreadsheet templates, a browser-based inventory
▎ sandbox, and a standalone Flask/Chrome program you can run locally with zero
▎ internet required.
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▎ Stack: Next.js 16 + Tailwind (static site on Cloudflare Pages), Flask for
▎ the local program, GPL-3.0 licensed.
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▎ GitHub: https://github.com/RichardBJamis...
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▎ Everything is free, no signup, no tracking. Would especially love feedback
▎ from anyone who's worked in hospitality or has opinions on the spreadsheet
▎ templates — the inventory counting workflow is where most of the real-world
▎ value lives.
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Love that it stays local-first and only pings the cloud when you snap an invoice photo, feels like the right default for a bar's sensitive stock data.
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@sefapw9i Exactly. The inventory/count/variance workflow is local-first and completely free: no subscription and no account. Invoice photo reading is optional and should be treated as a helper. Clean printed invoices work best; messy handwriting still needs a human check. Anyone who wants help testing it in a real bar can reach me at Me@rbj.
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Quick correction on contact: the best email is me@richardbjamison.com. Happy to help any bar operator test the workflow.
Love that it stays local-first and only pings the cloud when you snap an invoice photo, feels like the right default for a bar's sensitive stock data.
@sefapw9i Exactly. The inventory/count/variance workflow is local-first and completely free: no subscription and no account. Invoice photo reading is optional and should be treated as a helper. Clean printed invoices work best; messy handwriting still needs a human check. Anyone who wants help testing it in a real bar can reach me at Me@rbj.
Quick correction on contact: the best email is me@richardbjamison.com. Happy to help any bar operator test the workflow.