Bar inventory
shouldn’t cost
you a thing.
We have now created the program we wished existed. It is free for you — use your AI. No subscriptions. No vendor lock-in. Just count your bottles and go home.
Every bar manager
knows the drill.
End of the calendar month. Grab a barback & clipboard. Count every bottle by tenths. Scribble numbers on paper. Walk to the office. Type it all into a spreadsheet someone made in 2014. Try to reconcile against POS sales. Watch it never add up. Repeat next month.
The bar industry has been doing this for decades. And companies have profited from the pain — selling $3,000 inventory guns, $200/month SaaS platforms, and consulting services that charge by the bottle.
AI changed everything. Now we can build this program for free. So we did.
Precision instruments for the craft.
We provide one simple system. Here you will find the free program and the markdown that explains how it works.
One free program, the full workflow inside.
The pieces below live inside one free program for the full inventory workflow.
Smart Inventory Sheets
Pre-built spreadsheets that calculate cost, usage, variance, and reorder points.
Variance Tracker
Compare physical counts against POS sales by category, bottle, and shift.
AI Bottle Counter
Snap a shelf photo and let AI read bottle levels from the image.
Product Database
500+ common bar products with bottle sizes, costs, and standard pours.
The program was field-tested at Agave & Rye in downtown Cleveland. Real bottles. Real counts. Real pressure.
“If you help enough people get what they need, the universe will provide what you need.”
— The philosophy behind Open Source Barware
Open the program. Start tonight.
No signup. No email capture. No sales pitch. Download the program and get to work.