Zero commission. Zero learning curve.
Salon management software

Your salon. Your clients. Zero commission.

Free POS, appointment booking, CRM and automated client reminders — for beauty salons, hair salons, nail salons and barbershops. Self-hosted or cloud.

Most booking platforms take 20–30% of every booking from your own clients. Pronto takes $0.

$0
Commission on bookings
0%
Platform fee
1 cmd
Self-hosted install
4
Notification channels
What salon owners deal with

Every pain has a direct fix.

You built a loyal client base over years. Then a booking platform claims a 20–30% cut — from clients who are already yours. Worse: they own the data. Cancel your account and your booking history, client contacts, and reviews disappear.
↑ Platform takes 20% per appointment
Clients book directly —
you keep 100%
↑ Manual WhatsApp reminders every evening
Reminders 24h and 1h before —
zero manual work
↑ Client registers on their platform, not yours
Name & phone only —
no app, no account
↑ Running out of shampoo mid-week
Low-stock alert sent
before you run out
↑ No idea who's spending or when they came
Full client history —
visits, spend, birthday
↑ Double bookings, paper calendar mistakes
Database-level check —
impossible to double-book
Everything in one place

Everything a salon needs, nothing it doesn't

Appointment booking
Drag-and-drop calendar. Week view. Staff columns. Clients book online without creating an account.
✓ Conflict protection at database level — no double bookings possible
Point of sale
Complete a sale in 3 clicks. Cash, card, transfer. Apply discounts. Print or send digital receipts.
✓ Works fully offline — no internet needed at checkout
Client CRM
Full history per client: visits, services, products bought, total spend, notes, birthday, tags.
✓ Search across your entire client base in under 1 second
Inventory tracking
Track every product on your shelf. Log purchases and usage. Automatic low-stock alerts.
✓ Alert sent via Telegram, WhatsApp, Email or Viber — your choice
Online booking page
Public page clients can find and book from directly. No third-party marketplace in the middle.
✓ Name + phone only — no registration, no app to download
Works on any device
Install as a PWA on your phone or tablet directly from the browser. Works offline at the desk.
✓ No App Store, no 30% Apple/Google cut on app purchases
How it works

How your salon runs on Pronto

01
Client discovers your booking page
Linked from Instagram, Google, or anywhere. No app, no account — just name and phone.
02
Booking confirmed automatically
Instant confirmation sent to the client via WhatsApp, Telegram, Email or Viber.
03
Reminders go out without you
24 hours and 1 hour before the appointment. No manual messages. No no-shows.
04
Checkout and re-engage
Complete the sale at the POS. Thank-you sent automatically. Client added to your CRM forever.
Automatic reminders

Fewer no-shows.
Completely free.

EmailFREE
TelegramFREE
WhatsAppFREE
ViberFREE
LINESoon
SMSSoon
Booking confirmed
Appointment reminder
Thank you message
Re-activation message
Birthday greeting
Low stock alert
Why Pronto

Why salon owners choose Pronto

Feature Pronto Marketplace platforms Subscription SaaS
Booking commission $0 always 10–30% per booking $0 (subscription fee)
You own client data ✓ Always yours ✗ Lives in their platform ✗ Locked to vendor
Client registration required ✗ Name + phone only ✓ Account required ✓ Account required
Self-hosted option ✓ Free, MIT license
WhatsApp + Telegram built-in ✓ All channels included ✗ / Paid add-on ✗ / Paid add-on
Open source ✓ MIT license
Two ways to run Pronto

Two ways to run Pronto for your salon

Option 1
Self-hosted
$ docker compose up -d
$0 forever — no subscription, no limits on clients or staff
MIT license — modify, extend, white-label freely
Any server — Linux VPS, Windows, macOS. 1 GB RAM minimum
View on GitHub → Documentation →
Option 2
Cloud — trypronto.app
Free plan forever — no credit card
Your subdomain — salon-maya.trypronto.app or custom domain on Pro+
We handle updates — backups, uptime monitoring, new features automatically
Start free — no credit card

Cloud pricing

Free
$0
1 employee · 100 clients · 50 bookings/month
Start free
Starter
$19/mo
5 employees · unlimited clients · unlimited bookings
Choose Starter
Agency
$79/mo
Multiple locations · White-label · API access
Choose Agency

See full pricing →

Questions

Got questions?

What is the best free salon management software?
Pronto is a free, open-source salon management software that includes a POS, appointment booking calendar, client CRM, inventory tracking, and automated notifications via Email, Telegram, WhatsApp and Viber. The self-hosted version is free forever with no limits. The cloud version has a free tier and paid plans starting at $19/month.
Do clients have to create an account to book an appointment?
No. The public booking page only requires a name and phone number. There is no registration, no password, and no app to download. This removes friction and increases booking conversion significantly compared to platforms that require account creation.
Is Pronto an alternative to salon booking platforms?
Yes. Unlike marketplace booking platforms that take a percentage of every appointment and lock your client data into their ecosystem, Pronto charges zero commission. You own your client database completely. If you stop using Pronto, your data is yours. You can also self-host the entire system on your own server — no vendor lock-in of any kind.
How do automated appointment reminders work for salons?
Pronto automatically sends a booking confirmation immediately after an appointment is made, a reminder 24 hours before the visit, another reminder 1 hour before, and a thank-you message 2 hours after the visit ends. All messages are sent via the channels your client prefers: WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber or Email. No manual action needed from salon staff.
Can I track salon product inventory and get low-stock alerts?
Yes. Pronto tracks stock levels for every product in your salon. When a product drops below the minimum quantity you set, an alert is automatically sent to the salon owner via any configured notification channel — Email, Telegram, WhatsApp or Viber.
Does Pronto work for hair salons, nail salons and barbershops?
Yes. Pronto is designed for any service business that takes appointments and sells services or products. It works for hair salons, beauty salons, nail salons, barbershops, massage and spa studios, lash studios, tattoo studios, and more.
How do I install Pronto on my own server?
You need Docker on any Linux VPS, Windows or macOS machine with at least 1 GB RAM. Run docker compose up -d and the full salon management system starts automatically. No DevOps knowledge required. See the documentation on GitHub for step-by-step instructions.
What happens to my data if I cancel?
With the self-hosted version, your data is always on your own server — nothing to cancel or lose. With the cloud version, you can export all client data and history at any time. Your client base is never locked into Pronto the way it would be on a marketplace platform.

Start managing your salon for free

Cloud setup takes 5 minutes. Self-hosted is one command. Either way — zero commission, forever.