> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.now-os.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Welcome to NowOS

> Discover NowOS, the point of sale for restaurants and shops, and find the right place to start.

Welcome to NowOS.

NowOS is a point-of-sale platform for restaurants and shops. It comes as two tools: the register (the NowOS app on iPad), which your staff uses to take orders and collect payments, and the backoffice, the web app where you configure your business and track your activity. Your register keeps working even without internet: your devices stay in sync with each other through the main register, and your data flows up to the backoffice as soon as the connection returns.

## Where to start

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/en/setup/quickstart">
    Set up NowOS from scratch: create your account, configure your location
    and pair your iPads.
  </Card>

  <Card title="The register" icon="cash-register" href="/en/pos/sign-in">
    Your staff's daily routine: taking orders, collecting payments, managing
    the business day.
  </Card>

  <Card title="The backoffice" icon="browser" href="/en/backoffice/getting-started">
    Configure your menu or catalog, taxes, staff and devices, then track your
    sales.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Before you start

Two short pages will give you the right mental model:

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  <Card title="Key concepts" icon="lightbulb" href="/en/concepts">
    The backoffice and the register, the main register, the business day, and
    the path from order to sale.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Restaurant mode and retail mode" icon="store" href="/en/modes">
    Every location runs in one mode. Understand what changes between the two.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>