Paninaro started as a school cafeteria ordering system—but it has grown into a modern, cloud-based SaaS platform for restaurants. Whether you're running a cozy local café or a large restaurant chain, Paninaro helps you manage orders, bookings, and customer interactions with ease.
Originally built for students to order lunch at school, Paninaro has evolved into a restaurant-focused web application. It now serves as a flexible tool for food service businesses to digitize their operations and improve customer experience.
- 📋 Menu Management: Create and update dynamic menus
- 🛒 Order System: Customers can place orders directly from the web interface
- 📆 Booking System: Manage table reservations with ease
- 🔐 User Authentication: Secure login and registration via Firebase
- 📊 Analytics Dashboard (coming soon): Visualize performance and trends
- ⚡ Real-time Firestore Integration: Seamless data updates across the app
Paninaro is built with a modern full-stack architecture and hosted in the cloud for easy access and scalability.
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🌐 Hosting: Deployed on Render, a cloud web service
Note: If Paninaro hasn't been accessed recently, it may take up to a minute to "wake up" due to Render's free tier limitations.
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🧠 Backend: Node.js + Express handles routing and API endpoints
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🔐 Authentication: Firebase Auth manages secure user login and registration
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💾 Database: Firebase Firestore stores all app data with real-time syncing
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📡 Admin API: A custom service layer (
firebase_service) handles privileged operations like:- User registration
- Order creation and updates
- Booking management
- Menu editing
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🧹 Legacy Notes: Redis was previously used for session caching in the school version but has been removed in favor of Firebase’s native capabilities
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/IMmercato/paninaro.git
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Install dependencies:
cd paninaro npm install -
Start the application:
npm run start
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Open your browser and visit: http://localhost:3000
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For the API follow this instruction: Firebase_service
Explore the current development version of Paninaro here:
👉 https://paninaro.onrender.com
🔓 Note: No credentials are required at this stage. The platform is in active development and open for testing.
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| Layer | Technology |
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| Backend | Node.js + Express |
| Auth | Firebase Auth |
| Database | Firebase Firestore |
| Hosting | Render |
- 📈 Charting and analytics features are under development
- 🧪 Booking and ordering systems are functional and evolving
- ❌ No email domain restrictions or credential gates at this time
Want to help shape Paninaro? Here’s how:
- Fork the repository
- Create a new branch:
git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name
- Make your changes and commit:
git commit -m "Add new feature" - Push and open a pull request:
git push origin feature/your-feature-name
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.