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The first restaurant system you own.

Pay once. No monthly licence. You pay only your own hosting. Your copy runs in your account, your developer or your AI tool can change it, and it keeps running whatever happens to us.

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A restaurant's own RestaKit copy: engine, workspace, escrow

Pay once.

One licence fee for your copy. No monthly software fee, ever. Hosting is yours and stays small.

Host it.

Run it where you choose: your own cloud account, your database, your security setup. We install it for you if you want.

Change it.

Screens, workflows, integrations, new features. Your developer, any developer, or your AI coding tool.

Keep it.

The engine never phones home to keep running. Source escrow ships with your copy. If we stop, you don't.

Six layers in every RestaKit copy.

Six things, delivered together. Only one of them is sealed, and it is sealed for your protection.

Sealed engine

The signed, versioned core: order rules and totals, kitchen realtime, database migrations, default screens.Runs on your server. Sealed so an AI mistake cannot break totals, payments or kitchen stages. Verified, never hidden. No kill-switch.

SEALED

Your workspace

config/ for identity and layout · overrides/ for replacement screens · plugins/ for installed and own plugins · an AGENTS.md law file for AI tools.All of it is yours to edit. Delete an override and the default is back, no build.

YOURS TO EDIT

SDK and docs

Typed client, contracts, plugin manifest reference, a worked example plugin.What your developer or AI tool builds against.

YOURS TO EDIT

Source escrow

The full source archive built from the same release, delivered alongside your copy.Your continuity guarantee. If RestaKit ever stops, you are not stranded.

SEALED

Your data

Backup, restore and export scripts. Your database, in your account.Portable by design. Leave any time with everything.

YOURS TO EDIT

Updates

Signed releases: verify → backup → migrate → test → promote, with automatic rollback.Core updates and new plugins included in beta. Your overrides are never overwritten.

SEALED

The licence text is published before any payment is taken. You may not resell or relicense RestaKit itself.

Three ways to add a feature: included, plugged in, built.

Most systems give you one answer: wait for the roadmap. A copy you own gives you three.

Included.

It already does it

139 features across 14 areas. 71 included today, 68 labelled coming soon. Nothing hidden behind a tier.

See all 139 ›

Plugged in.

A plugin covers it

Common additions ship as RestaKit plugins. Install, configure, done. New plugins arrive with updates. No code.

How plugins work ›

Built.

Build it

Your developer, or your AI coding tool, on a kit prepared for exactly that. Or ask us and we build it into your copy.

The vibe-coding kit ›

Plugins: small packages with declared permissions.

A plugin is a small package with a manifest that says what it may touch: which routes, which tables, which events. The engine enforces it. Install one from the RestaKit catalogue, or write your own against the SDK.

Catalogue plugins are free with updates
Every plugin declares its permissions; the engine refuses anything else
Payments arrive as the first plugin: card data never touches your engine
Third-party plugins install with a named source and a permission review

Source escrow: your copy keeps running without us.

Nothing, for you. The engine has no kill-switch and no licence check at boot. Your copy keeps serving tables.

The source escrow archive delivered with your copy means you, or any developer you hire, can keep it alive and keep improving it. That is the difference between a licence and a subscription.

Subscription vs owned, side by side ›

Questions owners ask before they buy

Do I really own the software?

You own a licensed copy: the sealed engine, your editable workspace, the SDK, and a source escrow archive. You pay once. It runs in your account and never needs to phone home to keep working. You may not resell RestaKit itself. The licence text is published before any payment.

What is the 'sealed core' and why is it sealed?

The engine that decides totals, kitchen stages, migrations and payment capture. It ships signed and hash-verified so a change by a developer or an AI tool cannot quietly break the parts that lose you money. Everything around it, screens, workflows, plugins, identity, is yours to change.

Can my developer, or an AI coding tool, change it?

Yes. Your copy ships as a kit prepared for AI coding tools: an AGENTS.md law file, the plugin SDK with a worked example, and a predeploy gate that runs a full order before anything goes live. Any developer can work on it. Our own hosted AI editor is coming soon.

What if the AI breaks something?

The gate refuses it. Typecheck, guards, engine integrity and a full order run must pass before a change is promoted. If a bad change still slips through, delete the override and the default screen is back with no build, or roll back to the last snapshot.

Do I get updates? Do they overwrite my changes?

Core updates and new plugins are included in beta. Updates are signed releases that verify, back up, migrate, test and promote, with automatic rollback. Your overrides and plugins live outside the engine and are never overwritten.

What if RestaKit stops trading?

Your copy keeps running. The engine has no kill-switch and no licence check at boot. The source escrow archive delivered with your copy means you or any developer can keep it alive.

Where does it run and what does hosting cost?

In your own cloud account, with your database and your security setup. We install it for you as part of the deployment package. Hosting is paid to your provider, not to us. We recommend a setup for your number of covers.

Is anyone else selling a restaurant system this way?

Not that we have found. Some vendors say 'ownership' but charge per order and per month, with hosting 'while active'. We sell the copy. If you know of another, tell us.

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Get your own copy of RestaKit.

Beta invites go out in small groups. We set it up on your menu, walk you through it, and put your package in writing. One payment, then it is yours.

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