Akaunting

Manage invoices, expenses, and bookkeeping in one accounting application

The README describes accounting software for small businesses and freelancers built with Laravel, VueJS, Tailwind, a REST API, and a modular App Store. Built with shows PHP + Laravel from GitHub metadata/topics.

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Run it on-premise in a PHP/Laravel environment

Prepare PHP 8.1+, Node 18/20, and a supported database such as MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite; install Composer/NPM dependencies and initialize the database/admin with php artisan install. Release 3.2.3 also publishes a Stable ZIP.

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For small businesses that want invoice, payment, and expense workflows on infrastructure they control

It fits a small single-company accounting deployment and teams that want to extend accounting workflows inside the Laravel ecosystem.

Do not treat the BSL 1.1 production grant like an unrestricted open-source license

The Additional Use Grant limits production use to no more than two users, one company, and one thousand invoices, and prohibits white-label distribution and third-party Accounting Services. Each version changes to GPLv3 four years after publication. Review the license before business deployment.

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