Introduction

Stratus is a flexible, Laravel-based point of sale (POS) SaaS platform designed to serve diverse types of businesses.

What is Stratus?

Stratus is a modern, cloud-based point of sale platform built on Laravel 12. It provides businesses of all types — retail shops, restaurants, service providers, and more — with a unified system to manage sales, track inventory, and serve customers efficiently.

Designed with flexibility at its core, Stratus adapts to the workflows of different commercial environments without requiring complex customization.

Quick Start

Set up Stratus and process your first sale in minutes

Authentication

Learn about user accounts, registration, and login flows

Point of Sale

Explore the core POS features and transaction workflows

Developer Guide

Install and run Stratus locally for development

Key features

Multi-commerce support

Built to serve retail, food service, hospitality, and service-based businesses from a single platform

Secure authentication

Full user authentication with registration, email verification, password reset, and session management

User management

Profile management and account controls for each staff member, with email verification required before access

Real-time dashboard

A central dashboard that gives operators an at-a-glance view of their business activity

Laravel 12 foundation

Built on the latest Laravel framework for reliability, security, and a rich ecosystem of packages

Tailwind CSS UI

A clean, responsive interface styled with Tailwind CSS and Vite for fast, consistent rendering

Built on Laravel

Stratus leverages the power of the Laravel ecosystem:

• Laravel 12 — the latest stable release with modern PHP 8.2+ features
• Laravel Breeze — lightweight authentication scaffolding with Blade views
• Eloquent ORM — expressive database interactions with clear model definitions
• Laravel Tinker — interactive REPL for debugging and exploration
• Vite — fast front-end asset bundling with hot module replacement

Who is Stratus for?

Stratus is designed for:

• Business owners who want a reliable, cloud-hosted POS without heavy infrastructure overhead
• Developers who want to extend a solid Laravel foundation to meet specific business requirements
• Operations teams who need an intuitive interface to manage daily sales and reporting

Stratus is under active development. Features described in this documentation reflect the current state of the codebase and will expand as the platform grows.

Next steps

1. Create your account

   Register at your Stratus instance to get started. See the Quick Start guide for a walkthrough.

2. Configure your environment

   Set up your database, mail provider, and app settings. See Environment configuration.

3. Start selling

   Once configured, explore the Point of Sale overview to understand the transaction workflow.