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.
One licence fee for your copy. No monthly software fee, ever. Hosting is yours and stays small.
Run it where you choose: your own cloud account, your database, your security setup. We install it for you if you want.
Screens, workflows, integrations, new features. Your developer, any developer, or your AI coding tool.
The engine never phones home to keep running. Source escrow ships with your copy. If we stop, you don't.
Six things, delivered together. Only one of them is sealed, and it is sealed for your protection.
| LAYER | WHAT IT IS | WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU | EDITABLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Most systems give you one answer: wait. Your copy gives you three.
139 features across 14 areas. 71 included today, 68 labelled coming soon. Nothing hidden behind a tier.
See all 139 ›Common additions ship as RestaKit plugins. Install, configure, done. New plugins arrive with updates. No code.
How plugins work ›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 ›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.
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 ›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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.