Desktop app

The desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux contains a full Porto server with its data (SQLite) on the office PC. It works without internet and without any Coste360 service. Its settings are in App desktop.

Installation and first run

Download the package for your system (Choose how to install) and start it. On first run the welcome page opens: create the owner and the organization, then the marina. The same page can instead restore a backup, or connect the app to an online Porto (remote mode).

Data live in the user’s folder:

System	Folder
macOS	~/Library/Application Support/Porto
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Porto
Linux	~/.local/share/porto

Secret key

The key that encrypts documents and files is kept in the system keychain. The owner can reveal it in App desktop (re-entering the password): keep it in a safe place, it is needed to restore backups on another computer or to move to an online server.

Backups

The app takes a backup every day and one at every close, plus manual ones. It keeps 14 daily and 5 close backups; manual ones are never deleted. You can choose the folder (an external disk too). Restore starts from the panel: a safety backup is taken first, then the app restarts with the backup’s data. Backups use the porto restore format and can be restored on a server too.

Local network

Off until the owner turns it on. With the local network, the other office PCs and the phones on the marina Wi-Fi use the same data, over HTTPS with a locally generated certificate (port 8443). Phones pair with the QR in Dispositivi and accept the certificate once; the app’s certificate can also be installed on the phone so the panel starts without network. Phones work while the app is open.

Remote mode

The app can act as a workstation of an online Porto already running: data stay on the server, the app keeps the device token and a PIN protects its settings. If the server is unreachable the panel still opens and the allowed operations go into the offline queue.

Kiosk mode

For the desk: the window takes the whole screen, with no menus or taskbar. Exit with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+K and the PIN (remote mode) or an owner’s credentials.

Peripherals

In Periferiche configure what is connected to the PC:

• receipt printer ESC/POS (80/58 mm) on the network or through the print queues of macOS and Linux;
• label printer ZPL;
• USB QR reader that types like a keyboard;
• local fiscal register: Porto ships the interface but no driver for real models.

Updates

Once a day the app checks whether a newer version exists and shows a notice, sending only the version number and the operating system. It never downloads or installs anything; the check can be turned off in the settings.

Limits

Without a server reachable from the internet there is no public booking page, no online payments and no remote signature. To get them, move to a server with a backup and a restore. The packages already build, but signing and notarisation need Coste360’s certificates: until then Windows and macOS show a warning on first run.