🚀 Overview

Purpose: DigiRestro helps restaurant owners transition from paper menus to fully digital and contactless QR-based menus. It’s designed as a multi-vendor SaaS solution — allowing multiple restaurants to register, customize their branding, and manage their own menus and orders under one platform.

Real-world use: Ideal for restaurants, cafés, food courts, and cloud kitchens looking to digitalize their menus and streamline the ordering experience. It also fits agencies or developers building branded restaurant SaaS systems for clients.

Target users: restaurant owners, food delivery startups, SaaS resellers, digital agencies, and developers seeking a flexible base for restaurant management solutions.

✨ Key Features

• Multi-Vendor System: Each restaurant or vendor has its own admin panel, menus, and orders.
• QR Menu Generator: Instantly generate unique QR codes for each restaurant or table.
• Contactless Ordering: Customers can scan QR codes to view menus, place orders, and make payments.
• SaaS Subscription Model: Multi-tenant system with restaurant subscription plans and automated billing options.
• Payment Gateway Integration: Supports Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, and other popular gateways.
• Restaurant Admin Panel: Manage menu categories, items, pricing, availability, and promotions.
• Super Admin Dashboard: Monitor platform performance, vendor activity, subscriptions, and analytics.
• Multilingual Interface: Supports multiple languages and right-to-left (RTL) layout.
• Responsive Design: Mobile-friendly design for seamless access on all devices.
• Email & SMS Notifications: Automated order and subscription alerts.
• SEO-Optimized Public Pages: Each restaurant has an SEO-ready public menu page with schema markup.

⚙️ Technical Stack

• Backend: PHP 7.4+ / 8.x (Laravel or custom MVC architecture)
• Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 5, JavaScript (ES6+)
• Database: MySQL 5.7+ / MariaDB 10.x+
• Server: Apache or Nginx with mod_rewrite enabled
• Dependencies: Composer, npm/yarn (optional), GD or ImageMagick for QR generation

Recommended Server Requirements:

• 2+ vCPU and 2GB RAM
• PHP extensions: mbstring, json, openssl, curl, fileinfo, gd
• SSL certificate for secure SaaS payments

🧩 Installation Guide

1. Upload DigiRestro files to your web server or localhost environment.
2. Create a MySQL database and import digirestro.sql from the /database folder.
3. Configure your database credentials in .env or config.php.
4. Run composer install (if applicable) to set up dependencies.
5. Set permissions for /storage and /uploads.
6. Access your site via browser and complete installation through the setup wizard.

Tip: For SaaS functionality, configure cron jobs for subscription renewal and automatic notifications.

📦 Deliverables

• Full DigiRestro PHP source code (GPL license)
• SQL database schema and demo data
• Restaurant and admin dashboards
• QR code generator module
• Documentation & setup guide
• Language and configuration files

📱 Supported Platforms

Server OS: Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), macOS (MAMP), Windows (XAMPP/WAMP).

Client Devices: Fully responsive — accessible on desktop browsers, tablets, POS systems, and smartphones (Android/iOS).

🧠 Notes

License: Distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Redistribution and modification are permitted as long as the license and author credits remain intact.

• Use this package for educational, developmental, or SaaS prototyping purposes.
• Ensure payment gateways are configured in test/sandbox mode before production deployment.
• Retain GPL and author notices when redistributing.

Customization Tips:

• Modify restaurant UI templates in resources/views for brand customization.
• Integrate new payment gateways via app/Services/Payments.
• Enhance the QR code generator for table-based ordering or tracking analytics.

SEO Assurance: DigiRestro uses SEO-friendly URLs, rich snippets, and localized metadata to ensure discoverability for each restaurant’s public menu page.

👨‍💻 Original Developer Credit

This GPL distribution is based on the original DigiRestro – Multi Vendor SaaS Restaurant QR Menu Generator developed by its respective author(s) on CodeCanyon.
Attribution maintains transparency and recognizes the original developer’s work.

View DigiRestro on CodeCanyon

🔒 Disclaimer

GPL Redistribution Notice: This resource is distributed under the GNU General Public License for educational and development purposes.
It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original author. For commercial SaaS use, ensure compliance with regional business and data protection regulations.
This listing aims to promote ethical open-source use, customization, and learning.

✅ E-E-A-T Compliance (Experience • Expertise • Authoritativeness • Trustworthiness)

Experience: DigiRestro embodies practical experience from real-world restaurant management challenges, focusing on QR-based ordering and SaaS operations.

Expertise: Developed using PHP and MySQL with SaaS-ready modular architecture, ideal for developers building scalable restaurant systems.

Authoritativeness: Original author credited via CodeCanyon reference ensures authenticity and respect for intellectual property.

Trustworthiness: Clear GPL licensing, transparent redistribution, and explicit disclaimers build trust for developers and educators using this resource.