Development History

Every month we publish our upgrades, new features and improvements that have been going on behind the scenes at CirclePOS.

2026 Updates, Improvements and New Features

2026 has focused on continued platform growth, with major progress across New Movers, MobPOS, order integrations, and the General Ledger rollout. New features included the Accounts in Credit report, improved checkout, messaging, events, website, and reporting capabilities, alongside enhancements to purchasing, payments, POS, and integrations. Development also progressed on MobPOS v2, PubNet EDI, ASN box scanning support, and ongoing system improvements to keep the platform current, reliable, and fast.

2025 Updates, Improvements and New Features

2025 saw the continuation of updates to the next version of our software framework. Regular housekeeping and tidy-ups are concentrating on Rails 8, 7, 6 and 6.1, Vue 3 Upgrade and Cypress Integration, Vue 3 & Ruby 3.0 and 3.2

2024 Updates, Improvements and New Features

2024 saw the continuation of updates to the next version of our software framework. Regular housekeeping and tidy-ups are concentrating on Rails 7, 6 and 6.1, Vue 3 Upgrade and Cypress Integration, Vue 3 & Ruby 3.0 and 3.2

New Features
In 2024, CirclePOS introduced new features like the Profit & Loss interface and improved Stripe refund processes.

Significant upgrades included moving to Vue 3 and Rails, enhancing stock management and reporting tools. Ongoing improvements focused on system housekeeping, boosting performance, and fixing issues for smoother integrations and better reliability.

2023 Updates, Improvements and New Features

2023 saw the continuation of updates to the next version of our software framework. Regular housekeeping and tidy-ups concentrated on APIs, speed and bug fixes. Gift Cards were a highlight of 2023.

New Features
Discounts applied to a whole category (perfect for promotions); Integration of book2look service; Purchasing added an inwards goods history; Web checkout supports selling Vii Digital Gift Cards.
A new customer in Switzerland prompted offering an alternative currency display in website cart.

Improvements
Self Onboarding; Updating System core code; New vertical panels in Vue; Gift Cards; CSV Exports, Xero, Purchase Order pop-up, Separate customer ref field in invoices; Two-factor authentication.

2022 Updates, Improvements and New Features

Work in 2022 focused on Circle Gift Cards and Xero Integration. The team continued with the System R6 upgrade along with bug fixes and general housekeeping.

New Features
Promotions Module; Online discount code for promotions; Association Portal; Printable pick lists; Shareable customer wishlists; Bin fulfilment - added a link to supplier order

Improvements
APIs can now handle product types other than books. Accounts payable consignment invoices synced to Xero; Customisation of delivery time messages; Credit Notes - alterations and or refunds can now be made in the new credit note system, and you can now generate cr notes from the POS to apply to unpaid invoices; “$” currency symbol removed to make the site work better in other currencies; Product Field - we've made it possible to add any selected special fields to the advanced search. Other improvements were made to deals, bin fulfilment, accounts payable and purchasing.

2021 Updates, Improvements and New Features

A substantial amount of time was spent on the R6 upgrade and Web POS this year, along with Circle Gift Cards and Xero integration. We also completed the server move to Sydney.

Speed and SEO improvements were also an important component of work in 2021.