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Frappe Books — desktop accounting with local data and offline operation

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Stars
4,973
Primary language
TypeScript
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Sep 6, 2026

Overview

Frappe Books is an open-source desktop accounting application for small and medium-sized businesses, covering double-entry bookkeeping, invoices, payments, journal entries, POS, and financial reports, with data stored locally in SQLite.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Handle double-entry bookkeeping and everyday billing in one desktop application

Invoices, bills, payments, journal entries, and POS workflows are managed on top of double-entry accounting.

Sources: [2][3]

Review core financial statements and ledger reports

Frappe Books includes a general ledger, profit and loss statement, balance sheet, and trial balance.

Sources: [2][3]

For businesses that want accounting data stored locally rather than requiring constant cloud access

It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux with SQLite storage and offline operation.

Sources: [2]

Verify tax, statutory, and jurisdiction-specific accounting requirements separately

Core accounting workflows are available, but country-specific taxation, filing, and statutory-reporting requirements need independent validation.

Sources: [2][3]

Official sources

  1. [1]frappe/books repository(2026-09-20)
  2. [2]Frappe Books README(2026-09-20)
  3. [3]Frappe Books documentation(2026-09-20)
  4. [4]Frappe Books AGPL-3.0 license(2026-09-20)
Supplemental curator note

Frappe Books is an Electron desktop application rather than a browser SaaS, and stores accounting data locally in SQLite. It targets essential accounting for smaller businesses, but tax, statutory reporting, and jurisdiction-specific requirements should be verified separately.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/frappe/books.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd books
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

Growth

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Development activity

Last 90 days · weekly

Commits (last 30 days)
26
Open PRs
34

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GitHub Topics

  • accounting
  • open-source
  • javascript
  • electron
  • frappe
  • vuejs
  • book-keeping
  • double-entry-accounting
  • offline
  • desktop
  • inventory-management
  • invoicing
Stars
4,973
Forks
1,150
Watchers
84
Open issues
108
Contributors
84
Primary language
TypeScript
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Sep 6, 2026
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