Lula POS — Self-Ordering & Restaurant POS Platform

We developed Lula POS from scratch as a proprietary POS and self-ordering platform for cafés and quick-service restaurants, with an operational model similar to large QSR chains. The system unifies guest self-ordering kiosks, cashier POS terminals, kitchen display systems, guest order boards, and manager dashboards into a single real-time order pipeline: create → fire → kitchen → pay → complete. The platform includes a touch-optimized self-ordering kiosk, cashier interface, station-based kitchen management, guest-facing order display, cash and card payment flows, product catalogue management, terminal roles, store isolation, JWT authentication, and real-time WebSocket communication. The architecture combines Next.js, Django, PostgreSQL, Redis and a custom Rust WebSocket gateway, allowing orders and kitchen status changes to be distributed between terminals in real time. The product was designed as a scalable foundation for restaurant networks, where multiple stores, terminals and kitchen stations can operate within one centralized system.