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Web App
Kamra PMS
Open-source hotel and short-term rental property management, agent-ready via MCP.
Rating
4.3 / 5
Pricing
Free
Difficulty
Intermediate
Works on
Web
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What is Kamra PMS?
Kamra PMS is an open-source property management system for hotels and short-term rentals. It covers front desk, a booking engine, folios and GST/tax billing, housekeeping, POS and WhatsApp, and is agent-ready via MCP for Claude. It is built on Frappe.
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Pros: what Kamra PMS does well
- Covers front desk to billing in one system
- MCP lets Claude help run operations
- Free and self-hostable
Cons: where it falls short
- AGPL-3.0 licence has strict terms for modified versions
- Self-hosting needs technical setup
Who Kamra PMS is for
Small hotels and rental operators who want an open-source PMS.
Who can skip it
Large chains needing enterprise vendor support.
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