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Small KDS
Turn any spare tablet into a live kitchen display.
I run a small food business on Square, and like a lot of operators I just wanted our orders up on a screen in the kitchen instead of squinting at a receipt printer. But every kitchen display option was either locked to one platform or charged per screen / per device, and the moment you want a second screen (grill + expo), the price jumps fast. For a café or food truck, that's hard to justify.
So I built Small KDS for myself and my peers: connect Square, pick your location, and any spare iPad or Android tablet becomes a live kitchen display. Orders show up instantly as big, glanceable tickets with aging timers. The part I care about most, it's one price per location with unlimited screens, so putting a display on every station doesn't cost extra.
I kept it deliberately dead-simple: no new POS, no extra hardware, just your existing Square orders on a screen. It's live now on the App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore, $1 for the first month.
Would love feedback from other operators and makers, especially: what would make this a no-brainer for your kitchen? 🙏
honestly the cost calculator is kind of eye opening, we were burning through paper tickets and never really thought about it. clean interface and setup looks pretty painless
Love that you added the paper cost calculator right on the homepage, feels like you actually thought about what a restaurant owner would care about before anything else. Clean approach.
About Small KDS on Product Hunt
“Turn any spare tablet into a live kitchen display.”
Small KDS was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #72 on the daily leaderboard. Turn any tablet into a live kitchen display for your Square orders. From $1/month per location.
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