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= Rattail: Software for Retailers =

Welcome to the Rattail project.

Rattail is a collection of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software|free]] software designed for use in retail environments, available under the [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html|GNU General Public License, version 3]].

== Demo ==

There is a RattailDemo which is intended to show off various features of the software.  It doesn't do much yet, but will be improved as the author has time.

== Concept ==

Here is a conceptual diagram of a "complete" Rattail system.  The name "Poser" refers to a custom app built atop Rattail and Tailbone (the web app for Rattail).  All systems on the right hand side of the graphic are ''external'' to Poser/Rattail, i.e. they are not "plugins" although Poser may use plugin-like logic for the sake of integrating with these systems.

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== Documentation ==

Please see [[Documentation]] for a (hopefully) better starting point.  (But that isn't really complete yet, so what you see below is left intact in the meantime.)

Please understand that the documentation for Rattail is very much a work in progress.  Some aspects have received more recent / thorough treatment than others, but it remains somewhat sparse...

 * [[FAQ]]
 * [[Overview]]
 * [[Installation]]
 * [[Configuration]]
 * [[Applications]]
 * [[Utilities]]
 * [[Recipes]]
 * [[Hardware]]
 * [[Deployment|Server Deployment]]

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Some documentation is maintained along with the various Python software packages; [[https://rattailproject.org/docs/|see here]] for that list.
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There is still an older wiki available also; the content of which is mostly if not entirely outdated.  [[http://rattail-archive.edbob.org/moin/|Proceed there at your own risk]].  (Use guest / guest for the HTTP auth credentials.)
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== Development ==

Please see the [[https://rattailproject.org/trac|Rattail Trac]] for source code, bug tracker, etc.

 * [[NewProject|Creating a new project]]