License
MIT
Open source · self‑hosted · MIT licensed
A hotel guest app that lives on your server, not ours.
HutchStay pairs a Staff PWA for your team with a Guest PWA sent by magic link — free, open‑source, and self‑hosted end to end. No SaaS lock‑in, no per‑room fee.
hutchstay
Guest experience, open source app
Stack
Flask · React · SQLite/Postgres
Deploy
Docker · Helm · AWS
Price
$0, forever
Sound familiar?
Nobody should have to call the front desk for that.
Guest
- “Is my room even ready yet?”
- “I want a towel, not a phone call.”
- “Is the pool open right now, or am I about to walk down for nothing?”
- “I just want to order a burger without waiting on hold.”
Staff
- “Another call asking if the room’s ready. Again.”
- “Which rooms actually need cleaning right now?”
- “Guest wants extra pillows — where does that even go?”
- “Why are we paying per room for a guest to say hello?”
Hold music is not a hospitality feature. HutchStay answers before anyone has to pick up a phone.
Two apps, one platform
Front of house. Back of house.
Same booking, two very different rooms. Staff get a role‑based operations console; guests get a link in their inbox and nothing to install.
Staff PWA
Run the hotel
Rooms — live status board; add, rename, delete rooms.
Bookings — copy a guest's magic link
Orders — room‑service queue, live
- Manage bookings, rooms and room‑service orders
- Chat with guests, manage table bookings
- Admin: amenity catalog, menu, staff, branding
Guest PWA
Be the guest
Home — room status, Do Not Disturb, unread bell.
Order — room‑service menu, live status
Facilities — pool / gym / spa hours
- Order room service and request amenities
- Book a table, chat with reception
- Installable, branded to the hotel's colors
The guest register
Who can do what
Every role is scoped on purpose — housekeeping doesn't see billing, guests don't see other guests.
| App | Role | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|
| Guest PWA | guest | Room status & DND, order room service, request amenities, book a table, chat with reception |
| Staff PWA | housekeeping | Update room status, view the amenity request queue |
| Staff PWA | reception | + manage bookings, room‑service orders, table requests, guest chat |
| Staff PWA | admin | + staff users, amenity catalog, menu, facilities, hotel branding |
| Platform | platform admin | Create or delete hotels — each tenant fully isolated |
Self‑hosted, your way
One command to try it, three ways to run it for real.
Local dev spins up the backend, both PWAs, and seeded demo data. Production is a Helm chart for Kubernetes, or push‑button CI/CD to AWS.
$ docker-compose up --build
Docker
Kubernetes · Helm
AWS App Runner
GitHub Actions CI/CD
SQLite → Postgres