🚀 Introduction
KitchenAsty is a self-hosted, open-source restaurant ordering platform built with a modern TypeScript stack. It gives restaurant owners full control over online ordering, kitchen operations, reservations, and customer engagement — without monthly SaaS fees.
✨ Key Features
- 🛒 Online Ordering — Delivery & pickup with guest checkout and scheduled orders
- 🍳 Kitchen Display — Real-time order board powered by Socket.IO
- 📍 Multi-Location — Independent menus, hours, delivery zones, and staff per location
- 💳 Payments — Stripe, PayPal, and cash with webhook-driven status updates
- 📅 Reservations — Table booking with availability checks and party size validation
- ⭐ Reviews & Ratings — Customer reviews with staff moderation
- 🎁 Loyalty Program — Points-based earn/redeem system
- 🏷️ Coupons — Percentage, fixed, and free-delivery discounts
- ⚡ Automation — Event-driven rules for email, webhooks, and SMS notifications
- 📊 Analytics — Revenue, order, and customer stats with date-range charts
- 🌍 Internationalization — 6 languages out of the box (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT, PT)
- 🛠️ Admin Dashboard — Full back-office for managing every aspect of the platform
🏗️ Architecture Overview
KitchenAsty is a monorepo with four packages:
kitchenasty/
├── packages/server # Express + Prisma REST API
├── packages/admin # React admin dashboard (Vite)
├── packages/storefront # React customer-facing app (Vite)
├── packages/shared # Shared types and utilities
└── prisma/ # Database schema and seeds| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| API Server | Node.js 22, Express, TypeScript |
| Database | PostgreSQL 16 with Prisma ORM |
| Real-Time | Socket.IO |
| Admin UI | React 18, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Recharts |
| Storefront | React 18, Vite, Tailwind CSS, i18next |
| Payments | Stripe, PayPal |
| Auth | JWT, Passport.js (Google & Facebook OAuth) |
| Containerization | Docker, Docker Compose |
| CI/CD | GitHub Actions |
👉 Next Steps
- 📋 Requirements — What you need before installing
- 🐳 Install with Docker — Fastest way to get running
- 🔧 Install Manually — For development or custom setups