The full hotel property management system — with direct booking engine, guest app and POS — free at any size. A 6-room guesthouse and a 50-room hotel pay the same for the core system: nothing. No trial clock, no room cap, no credit card.
FrontDesko is a hosted cloud service — this repository is the product showcase, not a codebase to install. Sign up, add your property, and the front desk runs in your browser the same day.
| Free forever | Paid (optional) | |
|---|---|---|
| What | PMS (front desk, reservations, housekeeping, guest profiles, reporting) + direct booking engine + guest app + POS | Channel manager + AI assistant |
| Limit | None — unlimited rooms, unlimited time | Per-property subscription |
| Who pays it | Nobody | Properties that want OTA sync and the AI assistant |
Most "free" hotel software is a trial, a room-capped tier, or a self-hosted project you maintain yourself. We compare them honestly (including our competitors) here: Best Free Hotel PMS — 4 options compared.
| FrontDesko | NoBeds | QloApps | KWHotel Free | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room limit on free | None | 10 rooms | None | Not published |
| Booking engine on free | Included | 1 included | Included | Not in free |
| How it runs | Cloud, hosted | Cloud, hosted | Self-hosted | Windows desktop |
| Maintenance on you | No | No | Yes (server, SSL, backups) | Yes (one PC) |
- Front desk & reservations — calendar, drag-and-drop room assignment, group bookings, walk-ins, check-in/out
- Housekeeping — real-time room status connected to the desk
- Guest profiles & folios — history, preferences, split payments, tax-compliant invoices
- Reporting — occupancy, ADR, RevPAR without spreadsheet nights
- Direct booking engine — commission-free reservations on your own website, your brand end to end
- Guest app — your guests' stay in their pocket
- POS — restaurant, bar and spa charges posting straight to the folio
- Multi-property — 2–50 properties on one dashboard (details)
- Local compliance shipped — GST (India), ZATCA (Saudi), VAT/MTD (UK/EU), local currencies and OTA mixes across 25+ markets
- Channel manager — two-way real-time sync with 200+ OTAs (Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Airbnb, MakeMyTrip, Goibibo…)
- Ask FrontDesko AI assistant — answers staff questions from your live property data; read-only by default, replies in your staff's language
Why split it this way? OTA commissions run 15–25% per reservation; direct costs ~2–3%. With the booking engine already free, the paid plan pays for itself the moment the channel manager shifts a handful of bookings direct — the math, worked for a 30-room hotel.
- Sign up — no credit card
- Add your property, rooms and rates (most properties are live within 24 hours; we migrate your data free)
- Run your front desk — and book a demo if you want a guided walkthrough first
FrontDesko runs a public MCP server — add
https://mcp.frontdesko.app/mcp to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor and ask it real
questions: pricing, comparisons vs Cloudbeds/Mews/eZee, OTA-commission math, or
live availability on a demo property. No signup, read-only, every answer cites
its source.
claude mcp add --transport http frontdesko https://mcp.frontdesko.app/mcp- REST API — build your own reporting or portal on top
- White-label for partners — client-branded booking flow, partner discounts, you own the billing
- For AI agents: llms.txt · llms-full.txt (full page text, one fetch)
Is it actually free forever? Yes. The full PMS, booking engine, guest app and POS — any number of rooms, no time limit. The channel manager + AI assistant plan is the only paid part, and it's optional.
Is this open source? No — FrontDesko is a hosted service, and this repo is its showcase. You use it by signing up, not by cloning.
Can I export my data if I leave? Yes, whenever you want. No lock-in is part of the offer.
Who is it for? Independent properties of 5–50 rooms: small and boutique hotels, B&Bs, hostels (bed-level dorm inventory), resorts, serviced apartments, vacation rentals, homestays, and multi-property groups.
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