# an inventory tracker for restaurants

**The space is crowded with small, mostly stale restaurant POS/inventory projects, and the search found no clear unmet need.**

Confidence: high  ·  62 signals  ·  checked 2026-08-01

[Full report with live links](https://showsitsworks.com/idea/an-inventory-tracker-for-restaurants)

## Who is already building this

*From data*

- faizaldevs/RestoPOS is a cloud-based restaurant SaaS with billing, order management, and inventory tracking; it has 100 stars and is stale, with last push on 2025-03-10.
  - [faizaldevs/RestoPOS](https://github.com/faizaldevs/RestoPOS) `github` — 2025-03-04
- Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System is a restaurant POS with stock monitoring and reporting; it has 5 stars and is maintained, with last push on 2026-02-04.
  - [Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System](https://github.com/Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System) `github` — 2025-03-07
- Raphasha27/restaurant_plan is a full-stack restaurant management platform with POS, inventory tracking, and staff scheduling; it has 4 stars and is maintained, with last push on 2026-07-20.
  - [Raphasha27/restaurant_plan](https://github.com/Raphasha27/restaurant_plan) `github` — 2025-12-25
- Foodie_POS is a modern restaurant POS with inventory tracking and sales insights; it has 4 stars and was last pushed on 2024-06-18.
  - [thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS](https://github.com/thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS) `github` — 2024-05-17
- DineTrack is a restaurant inventory management system with real-time tracking and machine-learning demand prediction; it has 2 stars and was last pushed on 2025-06-25.
  - [4LPHACODER/DineTrack](https://github.com/4LPHACODER/DineTrack) `github` — 2025-06-25
- Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System is a restaurant inventory app in ASP.NET Core Razor Pages; it has 2 stars and was last pushed on 2024-10-10.
  - [YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System](https://github.com/YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System) `github` — 2024-09-25

## What people actually say

*From data*

- "How much food needs to be ordered? Excess food ends up being tossed out..." This is a restaurant-operations complaint from a HN commenter describing the core planning problem.
  - [Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17822801) `hackernews` — 2018-08-22
- "One advantage of a digital ordering system: it can track inventory and mark a dish as unavailable after N have been ordered." This commenter is talking about inventory-aware service control.
  - [The Doorman's Fallacy in action](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48688443) `hackernews` — 2026-06-26
- "doordash & restaurants, with the added difficulty being brick and mortar retail often don't have great inventory and cataloging." This HN commenter frames poor inventory/catalog data as a practical blocker.
  - [Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25646204) `hackernews` — 2021-01-05

## People asking to be sold to

*Model estimate*

- No first-hand complaints, unsolved questions, or stated wants were found in the computed counts, so there is no direct evidence of buyers asking for a new inventory tracker.

## Where the opening is

*Model estimate*

- The signals do not show a product gap like 'restaurant inventory tracker' itself; they show many small POS systems already bundling inventory tracking.
  - [faizaldevs/RestoPOS](https://github.com/faizaldevs/RestoPOS) `github` — 2025-03-04
  - [AbhiCrackerOfficial/RMS-RestaurantManagementSystem](https://github.com/AbhiCrackerOfficial/RMS-RestaurantManagementSystem) `github` — 2023-01-11
  - [ashirafzal/Food-Maza-Point-of-sale-](https://github.com/ashirafzal/Food-Maza-Point-of-sale-) `github` — 2019-11-29
  - [Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System](https://github.com/Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System) `github` — 2025-03-07
  - [Mausam5055/Restraunt-Management-System](https://github.com/Mausam5055/Restraunt-Management-System) `github` — 2025-11-04
  - [Raphasha27/restaurant_plan](https://github.com/Raphasha27/restaurant_plan) `github` — 2025-12-25
  - [thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS](https://github.com/thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS) `github` — 2024-05-17
  - [MilindaKarunarathne/smart-dine-pos](https://github.com/MilindaKarunarathne/smart-dine-pos) `github` — 2025-05-20
  - [cepdnaclk/e19-co226-database-management-system-for-a-restaurant](https://github.com/cepdnaclk/e19-co226-database-management-system-for-a-restaurant) `github` — 2023-07-23
  - [shamal-git/pos-system-php](https://github.com/shamal-git/pos-system-php) `github` — 2024-09-16
  - [SamrudhiBhange/Restaurant-Management-System](https://github.com/SamrudhiBhange/Restaurant-Management-System) `github` — 2025-11-04
  - [sristiM123/Food-Ordering-System](https://github.com/sristiM123/Food-Ordering-System) `github` — 2023-01-17
  - [adham4/Smart_POS_v1.0](https://github.com/adham4/Smart_POS_v1.0) `github` — 2025-03-27
  - [4LPHACODER/DineTrack](https://github.com/4LPHACODER/DineTrack) `github` — 2025-06-25
  - [YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System](https://github.com/YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System) `github` — 2024-09-25
- The only sharper opening hinted at in the signals is better food-usage planning, like ordering and depletion control, not basic stock counts.
  - [Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17822801) `hackernews` — 2018-08-22
  - [The Doorman's Fallacy in action](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48688443) `hackernews` — 2026-06-26
  - [Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25646204) `hackernews` — 2021-01-05
- Nothing in the data shows a restaurant-specific workflow that existing POS repos are missing in a way customers are demanding now.
  - [faizaldevs/RestoPOS](https://github.com/faizaldevs/RestoPOS) `github` — 2025-03-04
  - [Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System](https://github.com/Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System) `github` — 2025-03-07
  - [Raphasha27/restaurant_plan](https://github.com/Raphasha27/restaurant_plan) `github` — 2025-12-25
  - [4LPHACODER/DineTrack](https://github.com/4LPHACODER/DineTrack) `github` — 2025-06-25
  - [YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System](https://github.com/YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System) `github` — 2024-09-25

## How big the market might be

*Model estimate*

- This search found 1 named open-source project in the computed table, but 20 GitHub signals overall and several more repos whose features include inventory tracking.
  - [faizaldevs/RestoPOS](https://github.com/faizaldevs/RestoPOS) `github` — 2025-03-04
  - [Hazrat-Ali9/Food-Management-Django](https://github.com/Hazrat-Ali9/Food-Management-Django) `github` — 2026-01-11
  - [AbhiCrackerOfficial/RMS-RestaurantManagementSystem](https://github.com/AbhiCrackerOfficial/RMS-RestaurantManagementSystem) `github` — 2023-01-11
  - [ashirafzal/Food-Maza-Point-of-sale-](https://github.com/ashirafzal/Food-Maza-Point-of-sale-) `github` — 2019-11-29
  - [iamamritpalrandhawa/Restaurant-management-system-cpp](https://github.com/iamamritpalrandhawa/Restaurant-management-system-cpp) `github` — 2024-03-24
  - [Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System](https://github.com/Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System) `github` — 2025-03-07
  - [Mausam5055/Restraunt-Management-System](https://github.com/Mausam5055/Restraunt-Management-System) `github` — 2025-11-04
  - [Raphasha27/restaurant_plan](https://github.com/Raphasha27/restaurant_plan) `github` — 2025-12-25
  - [thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS](https://github.com/thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS) `github` — 2024-05-17
  - [MilindaKarunarathne/smart-dine-pos](https://github.com/MilindaKarunarathne/smart-dine-pos) `github` — 2025-05-20
  - [cepdnaclk/e19-co226-database-management-system-for-a-restaurant](https://github.com/cepdnaclk/e19-co226-database-management-system-for-a-restaurant) `github` — 2023-07-23
  - [shamal-git/pos-system-php](https://github.com/shamal-git/pos-system-php) `github` — 2024-09-16
  - [SamrudhiBhange/Restaurant-Management-System](https://github.com/SamrudhiBhange/Restaurant-Management-System) `github` — 2025-11-04
  - [sristiM123/Food-Ordering-System](https://github.com/sristiM123/Food-Ordering-System) `github` — 2023-01-17
  - [Hanesworth/Inventory-Tracker-Final-Project-](https://github.com/Hanesworth/Inventory-Tracker-Final-Project-) `github` — 2025-11-07
  - [adham4/Smart_POS_v1.0](https://github.com/adham4/Smart_POS_v1.0) `github` — 2025-03-27
  - [4LPHACODER/DineTrack](https://github.com/4LPHACODER/DineTrack) `github` — 2025-06-25
  - [YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System](https://github.com/YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System) `github` — 2024-09-25
- The largest competitor in the counted table has 100 stars and is stale, with last push on 2025-03-10.
  - [faizaldevs/RestoPOS](https://github.com/faizaldevs/RestoPOS) `github` — 2025-03-04
- The search found 0 first-hand complaints, 0 unsolved questions, and 0 stated wants, which means demand is not being loudly expressed in the sources checked.
- There were 12 Hacker News signals, 10 Dev.to signals, 20 GitHub signals, 14 registry signals, and 6 Tavily signals in this search, so the topic is well-represented in nearby restaurant-tech discussion, even if direct demand is absent.
  - [npm: canvas-color-tracker](https://www.npmjs.com/package/canvas-color-tracker) `registries` — 2025-03-21
  - [npm: @mui/core-downloads-tracker](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@mui/core-downloads-tracker) `registries` — 2026-07-03
  - [npm: @architect/inventory](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@architect/inventory) `registries` — 2026-01-15
  - [faizaldevs/RestoPOS](https://github.com/faizaldevs/RestoPOS) `github` — 2025-03-04
  - [Show HN: GreenSwapp – API to track CO2 of food products at scale](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33097618) `hackernews` — 2022-10-05
  - [npm: @snowplow/browser-tracker-core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@snowplow/browser-tracker-core) `registries` — 2026-07-27
  - [npm: @snowplow/tracker-core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@snowplow/tracker-core) `registries` — 2026-07-27
  - [Hazrat-Ali9/Food-Management-Django](https://github.com/Hazrat-Ali9/Food-Management-Django) `github` — 2026-01-11
  - [AbhiCrackerOfficial/RMS-RestaurantManagementSystem](https://github.com/AbhiCrackerOfficial/RMS-RestaurantManagementSystem) `github` — 2023-01-11
  - [Show HN: Opensource.Builders 2.0 – find and build open source alternatives](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903327) `hackernews` — 2025-11-12

## What could go wrong

*Model estimate*

- The main risk is competing with POS products that already treat inventory tracking as a standard feature.
  - [faizaldevs/RestoPOS](https://github.com/faizaldevs/RestoPOS) `github` — 2025-03-04
  - [Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System](https://github.com/Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System) `github` — 2025-03-07
  - [Mausam5055/Restraunt-Management-System](https://github.com/Mausam5055/Restraunt-Management-System) `github` — 2025-11-04
  - [Raphasha27/restaurant_plan](https://github.com/Raphasha27/restaurant_plan) `github` — 2025-12-25
  - [thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS](https://github.com/thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS) `github` — 2024-05-17
  - [MilindaKarunarathne/smart-dine-pos](https://github.com/MilindaKarunarathne/smart-dine-pos) `github` — 2025-05-20
  - [shamal-git/pos-system-php](https://github.com/shamal-git/pos-system-php) `github` — 2024-09-16
  - [SamrudhiBhange/Restaurant-Management-System](https://github.com/SamrudhiBhange/Restaurant-Management-System) `github` — 2025-11-04
  - [adham4/Smart_POS_v1.0](https://github.com/adham4/Smart_POS_v1.0) `github` — 2025-03-27
  - [4LPHACODER/DineTrack](https://github.com/4LPHACODER/DineTrack) `github` — 2025-06-25
  - [YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System](https://github.com/YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System) `github` — 2024-09-25
- Another risk is that the strongest adjacent pain appears to be forecasting and stock depletion, which is harder than simple item counting and likely needs integrations.
  - [Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17822801) `hackernews` — 2018-08-22
  - [The Doorman's Fallacy in action](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48688443) `hackernews` — 2026-06-26
  - [Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25646204) `hackernews` — 2021-01-05
- Because the project set is mostly small and several are stale, differentiation and distribution may matter more than feature depth.
  - [faizaldevs/RestoPOS](https://github.com/faizaldevs/RestoPOS) `github` — 2025-03-04
  - [AbhiCrackerOfficial/RMS-RestaurantManagementSystem](https://github.com/AbhiCrackerOfficial/RMS-RestaurantManagementSystem) `github` — 2023-01-11
  - [ashirafzal/Food-Maza-Point-of-sale-](https://github.com/ashirafzal/Food-Maza-Point-of-sale-) `github` — 2019-11-29
  - [glenvasa/snacks](https://github.com/glenvasa/snacks) `github` — 2022-01-06
  - [iamamritpalrandhawa/Restaurant-management-system-cpp](https://github.com/iamamritpalrandhawa/Restaurant-management-system-cpp) `github` — 2024-03-24
  - [Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System](https://github.com/Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System) `github` — 2025-03-07
  - [thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS](https://github.com/thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS) `github` — 2024-05-17
  - [MilindaKarunarathne/smart-dine-pos](https://github.com/MilindaKarunarathne/smart-dine-pos) `github` — 2025-05-20
  - [cepdnaclk/e19-co226-database-management-system-for-a-restaurant](https://github.com/cepdnaclk/e19-co226-database-management-system-for-a-restaurant) `github` — 2023-07-23
  - [SamrudhiBhange/Restaurant-Management-System](https://github.com/SamrudhiBhange/Restaurant-Management-System) `github` — 2025-11-04
  - [4LPHACODER/DineTrack](https://github.com/4LPHACODER/DineTrack) `github` — 2025-06-25
  - [YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System](https://github.com/YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System) `github` — 2024-09-25

## What to do this week

*Model estimate*

- Do not build a generic inventory tracker first; build around one concrete restaurant job, such as auto-marking dishes unavailable when ingredient counts drop or helping managers decide what to order before service.
  - [Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17822801) `hackernews` — 2018-08-22
  - [The Doorman's Fallacy in action](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48688443) `hackernews` — 2026-06-26
- Validate against operators who already use a POS, because the existing projects suggest inventory is usually one module inside a broader system.
  - [faizaldevs/RestoPOS](https://github.com/faizaldevs/RestoPOS) `github` — 2025-03-04
  - [Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System](https://github.com/Kreliannn/Restaurant-POS-System) `github` — 2025-03-07
  - [Mausam5055/Restraunt-Management-System](https://github.com/Mausam5055/Restraunt-Management-System) `github` — 2025-11-04
  - [Raphasha27/restaurant_plan](https://github.com/Raphasha27/restaurant_plan) `github` — 2025-12-25
  - [thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS](https://github.com/thetnaungwin/Foodie_POS) `github` — 2024-05-17
  - [MilindaKarunarathne/smart-dine-pos](https://github.com/MilindaKarunarathne/smart-dine-pos) `github` — 2025-05-20
  - [shamal-git/pos-system-php](https://github.com/shamal-git/pos-system-php) `github` — 2024-09-16
  - [SamrudhiBhange/Restaurant-Management-System](https://github.com/SamrudhiBhange/Restaurant-Management-System) `github` — 2025-11-04
  - [4LPHACODER/DineTrack](https://github.com/4LPHACODER/DineTrack) `github` — 2025-06-25
  - [YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System](https://github.com/YA195/Restaurant-Inventory-Management-System) `github` — 2024-09-25
- If you proceed, start with a narrow wedge: one restaurant type, one inventory pain, one integration path.

## Competitor strength

| Project | Stars | Downloads/mo | Activity |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [faizaldevs/RestoPOS](https://github.com/faizaldevs/RestoPOS) | 100 | — | dead |

## Domain names

- `restaurantinventory.com` — taken
- `restaurantinventory.io` — available
- `restaurant.com` — taken
- `getrestaurant.com` — taken

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Sources searched: hackernews (12), github (20), githubissues (none), discourse (none), intent (none), stackexchange (none), registries (14), tavily (6), devto (10)

Generated by Shows Its Work — https://showsitsworks.com/idea/an-inventory-tracker-for-restaurants
Findings link to their sources. Estimates are marked as estimates.