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uniCenta oPOS
uniCenta oPOS · London, England · founded 2010
What it is
uniCenta oPOS is open-source point-of-sale software for retail, hospitality, mixed-use venues, and specialist businesses. Its features include barcode scanning, customizable receipts, multiple payment methods and terminals, restaurant and retail modes, and secure user logon. Sales and inventory functions cover table management, split receipts, refunds, discounts, stock, warehouses, and multiple stores. Version 5.0 is free to download under the GNU GPL3 license. The site lists installers for Windows, Linux, and Apple Mac OS X, and browser use on Android and iOS devices. WooCommerce can retrieve customer, order, and product information, while APIs support data synchronization and connections with other applications. Integrated card payments are advertised for the UK, EU, and USA. Subscription plans add combinations of reporting, support, API access, and hosting. BASE is £6 per month charged yearly (£72); PLUS is £12 per month charged yearly (£144); HOSTED is £15 per month charged yearly (£180). Hosted includes cloud hosting, daily backups, email support, and a web firewall. The software continues working after a subscription expires.
For and against
For
- Free version 5.0 is licensed under GNU GPL3.
- Includes stock management and multi-store functions.
- Supports multiple payment methods and terminals.
- WooCommerce integration retrieves customers, orders, and products.
- Software continues working after subscription expiry.
Against
- Hosted plan costs £15 per month charged yearly (£180).
- Free community forums are described as unsupported.
- Remote Order Display is in beta and limited to Plus subscribers.
The verdict
uniCenta oPOS combines point-of-sale operations with stock, warehouse, and multi-store tools, and has a free open-source version. Subscription plans add support, reporting, API access, or hosting at different listed rates.
Who it suits
uniCenta oPOS may suit retailers, hospitality businesses, and mixed-use venues needing sales and inventory functions. Its free downloadable version is an option for users comfortable with open-source software, while subscriptions add support or hosting.
Plans and prices
BASE subscription
Downloads and source code · Update notifications · Web reporting · User and developer guides
Read 25 Sep 2026 · unicenta.com
PLUS subscription
Downloads and source code · Web reporting · Priority forum support · Unlimited API access
Read 25 Sep 2026 · unicenta.com
HOSTED subscription
Everything on Plus · Cloud hosting, no setup required · Runs in most browsers and on iPad and Android tablets · Daily backups
Read 25 Sep 2026 · unicenta.com
BASE
Downloads and source code · Update notifications · Web reporting · Standard forum support
Read 3 Oct 2026 · unicenta.com
PLUS
Downloads and source code · Update notifications · Web reporting · Priority forum support
Read 3 Oct 2026 · unicenta.com
HOSTED
Everything on Plus · Cloud hosted · Runs on iPad, Android tablets, and most browsers · Custom URL with https
Read 3 Oct 2026 · unicenta.com
On the record
- API
- Customer, order, and product APIs are described for synchronizing data and connecting uniCenta installs with other applications and APIs, including WooCommerce.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Card payments
- uniCenta advertises integrated card payments in the UK, EU, and USA and describes them as secure EMV/PCI payments.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Founder Jack Gerrard says uniCenta oPOS began as a hobby project in 2010, and subscription support was introduced in 2016.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Core features
- Listed features include barcode scanning, customizable receipts, multiple payment methods and terminals, restaurant and retail modes, and secure user logon.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Employee permissions
- Yesunicenta.com · read 25 Sep 2026
- Free version
- The site says uniCenta oPOS version 5.0 is free to download and is licensed under GNU GPL3.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Hardware support
- third_partyunicenta.com · read 25 Sep 2026
- Inventory management
- Yesunicenta.com · read 25 Sep 2026
- Multi-location support
- Yesunicenta.com · read 25 Sep 2026
- Platform support
- The site lists Windows, Linux, and Apple Mac OS X installers and separately describes uniCenta running in a browser on Android or iOS devices.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Product
- uniCenta oPOS is commercial-grade open-source point-of-sale software for retail and hospitality.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Retail and hospitality
- The product lists retail, hospitality, mixed-use venues, and specialist businesses among its intended uses.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Sales and inventory
- The feature list includes table management, split receipts, refunds, discounts, stock management, multi-warehouse, and multi-store functions.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Sales reporting
- Yesunicenta.com · read 25 Sep 2026
- Subscription limits
- The maker says the software continues working after a subscription expires; Remote Order Display is currently in beta and available to Plus subscribers.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- Subscribers receive access to online support and a knowledge base, while community forums are described as free and unsupported.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Web hosting
- The hosted subscription includes HTTPS, daily backups, a built-in web firewall, automatic upgrades, and latest security features.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- WooCommerce
- The integrations page says WooCommerce can connect to retrieve customers, orders, and products, with table ordering and click-and-collect use cases.unicenta.com · read 3 Oct 2026
