Chalkboard
Open-source management software for billiard halls.
Purpose-built management for billiard halls. Visual table map with live session tracking, integrated POS for food and beverages, reservations, membership, and analytics. Run it as a desktop app, in Docker, on Railway, or on your own infrastructure. Open source under the Kugie GitHub.
The product in six capabilities.
Everything Chalkboard delivers, in plain terms. No feature padding.
Visual table map
Real-time floor plan with live status per table (available, occupied, maintenance, reserved) and running session timers.
Session tracking
Automatic time tracking per table with flexible pricing. Hourly, per-game, or flat rate, switched without leaving the lane.
Integrated POS
One register for table time, F&B, and merch. Split billing, partial payment, and order routing to the kitchen.
Reservations and waitlist
Online and walk-in reservations with conflict detection, waitlist, and automatic table assignment when a slot opens.
Membership and loyalty
Built-in tiers, points, and member pricing. Identifies regulars at check-in and rewards them without a separate app.
Deploy anywhere
Tauri desktop app (embedded PGlite, no DB setup), Docker images on Docker Hub, Railway one-click, or Vercel + Neon. Open source, self-hostable, no lock-in.
Why this product exists.
Billiard hall operators manage tables manually, lose track of session times, and lack visibility into which tables and time slots drive the most revenue. Generic POS systems don't account for time-based billing or table layouts, and SaaS options lock your data behind a monthly fee.
How Chalkboard solves it.
Chalkboard digitizes the entire billiard hall operation behind one visual map. Owners pick their deployment (desktop, Docker, cloud), keep their data, and pay nothing per seat. Live session tracking, integrated POS, reservations, and analytics, all in one app.
Built for ourselves first.
The billiard industry runs on pen-and-paper systems or generic POS software that doesn't understand table-based businesses. We built Chalkboard to think in sessions, tables, and hall layouts, not just transactions, and open-sourced it so any operator can own their stack.
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