Our story

Built by a restaurant customer, for restaurant owners

TastyIgniter started as a university project in 2013. Today it powers online ordering for thousands of independent restaurants — with zero commission and full ownership.

Our mission

"To make online ordering accessible to every restaurant in the world — without the cost, the complexity, or the commission."

2013

A university student, a craving, and a broken system

Samuel Adepoyigi was a final-year university student craving authentic Nigerian cuisine. Every time he tried to order online, the experience was broken — limited choices, frequent mistakes, and restaurants losing money to platform fees they couldn't afford.

So he built a solution. TastyIgniter — a subtle nod to the CodeIgniter PHP framework — started as a final year project and became something far bigger.

2013

TastyIgniter founded as a university project

2016

Officially launched with open-source community support

2020+

Grown to thousands of restaurants across the world

Today

Actively maintained, community-driven, and commission-free

2013

Founded

20,000+

Restaurants

£0

Commission

1.2k

GitHub stars

Why TastyIgniter will always be free

Third-party delivery platforms take 15–35% of every order. For many independent restaurants, that's the difference between profit and loss. TastyIgniter exists so restaurants can own their online channel — and keep every penny of revenue.

The core platform will always be free to download and self-host. No commissions, no hidden fees, no lock-in. You pay for your own hosting and any extensions you choose — that's it.

Install TastyIgniter free
Open source, always The codebase is public. Read it, fork it, improve it.
Zero commission Every penny of every order goes to the restaurant.
Community driven Built with the community, for the community.

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