BooksPOS for Windows
A Windows till with its own store server and database on the shop's PC. Billing, stock and printing work with no internet.
Install in three steps
- 1
Install on the main PC
Run the installer on the shop's main computer and open BooksPOS. It asks how this PC is used: choose "Main PC of the shop" (leave "Extra tills on the shop network will connect to this PC" ticked if other PCs will bill too), and Windows asks once for permission. BooksPOS then opens on "Set up this store": your business, the first branch and counter, and the owner's sign-in. Nothing ships with a default password.
- 2
Add extra tills (optional)
On the main PC, open Staff & counters and choose Add a till. On each till PC, run the same installer, open BooksPOS and choose "Extra till", then type the main PC's address and the code.
- 3
Pair with your account and start billing
Under Sync & FBR, pair the store with your BooksPOS account using the code from the owner portal: that activates its licence. Then bring in your item list from Excel, or start adding items, and bill your first customer.
Step by step: Installing BooksPOS and setting up the store · Importing your lists from CSV · Tills on other PCs
BooksPOS Owner app for Android
Version 1.1.0 · 3.5 MB · Android 7.0+
Your branches' sales, bills, best sellers and alerts on your phone, each with the time it last reported. For the Cloud edition; read-only.
BooksPOS-Owner-1.1.0.apk · SHA-256: 2e61597f7160c943c13c03a1cfc3ac5b967caf878f83068c4d1b30f40e736c21
What a store PC needs
| Windows | Status |
|---|---|
| Windows 11, 64-bit (23H2 or later) | Supported development and test machine |
| Windows 10, 64-bit, 22H2 | Tested tested on a till in September 2026. Microsoft's consumer support for Windows 10 ended in October 2025. |
| Windows on ARM | Not tested |
| Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 | Not supported |
| macOS and Linux | Not supported The till and the store server are Windows programs. |
- An administrator on the PC to install (Windows asks once)
- Screens checked at 1366 × 768 and 1920 × 1080, at 100, 125 and 150 % scaling
- 58 or 80 mm thermal receipt printer (checked on real receipt printers by our team)
- A shop network for tills on other PCs (optional)
What's in 1.1.1
Updates that always finish
- If BooksPOS ever finds its own files are of two versions, it says so when it opens and tells you to run the setup again, instead of failing on a screen.
- A clearer message when an opening balance would leave a customer or supplier in credit: record the advance on their page instead.
- An update that ran while BooksPOS was open could leave some of its files on the old version, so a screen such as Settings failed to open. Setup now closes BooksPOS before it replaces the program and checks the result.
BooksPOS-Setup-1.1.1.exe · SHA-256: 92ec618a6c7840d370f01599392a2c4b71a40f4aede2cd9dc5fae1f877673489
Frequently asked questions
Check the file first: if you downloaded it from bookspos.pk and its SHA-256 matches the one on this page, choose "More info", then "Run anyway". If the numbers do not match, do not run it, and tell us.
Open PowerShell in the folder where the file was saved and type: Get-FileHash .\BooksPOS-Setup-1.1.1.exe — the Hash it prints must be the SHA-256 shown on this page (capital or small letters do not matter).
The main computer of the shop, the one that stays on while the shop is open. It keeps the shop's database on its own disk and runs the store server as a Windows service. Other PCs bill through it as extra tills. Never put the database on a shared folder, OneDrive or Google Drive.
Install on the store PC first, and tick "Extra tills on the shop network will connect to this PC": that lets the store server through Windows Firewall on private networks only. Then, on the store PC, open Staff & counters and choose Add a till to get a code. Run the same installer on each till PC, choose "Extra till", and type the store PC's address and the code.
The store PC checks BooksPOS Cloud for new versions. An owner or manager chooses Download and then Install under Settings › System & updates. The download is used only if BooksPOS's signature and its SHA-256 check out, a backup of the shop's data is taken first, and the data is kept. Extra tills then take the same version from the store PC over the shop network, check it themselves and install it; they need no download of their own.
The program is removed; the shop's data and backups stay in C:\ProgramData\BooksPOS unless you tick the box that deletes them too. Installing again, or installing a newer version over it, keeps them.
Yes. To use BooksPOS in your shop, start the free trial, then pair the store PC with your BooksPOS account under Sync & FBR. Plans are on the Pricing page.