# akaunting/akaunting

Online Accounting Software

Repository: https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/akaunting
Homepage: https://akaunting.com
Language: PHP
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: php, laravel, accounting, invoices, payments, expenses, laravel-application, invoicing, billing, budget, money, balance, bookkeeping, fintech, finance, payroll, crm, erp, akaunting
Last push: 2026-08-26T10:38:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3360, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 23, "gap_med": 33.0, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10092, forks 2969 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:39.539313+00:00)

## What it is
Akaunting is a free, open-source online accounting application for small businesses and freelancers, built with Laravel, VueJS, and Tailwind. It covers invoicing, expense tracking, banking, taxes, and reporting, with a modular app store and self-hosted or cloud deployment options.

## Use cases
- manage small business bookkeeping online
- send invoices and track payments
- track expenses and bills
- self-host free accounting software
- manage multi-currency finances
- run payroll and expense claims
- give clients a portal to view invoices

## When to choose
- you want free, self-hosted accounting with full data privacy
- you run a small business or freelance operation needing invoicing and expense tracking
- you want an extensible accounting platform with an app store and REST API
- you need multi-company, multi-currency, or multi-language support

## When to avoid
- you need enterprise-grade ERP with deep integrations out of the box
- you require a non-BSL (fully OSI-approved) open-source license
- you don't want to manage a PHP/MySQL web stack for self-hosting
- you need advanced double-entry accounting without paid apps

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: self-hosted, web-framework, api-framework, developer-tools
- domain: fintech, erp, self-hosted, web-development, developer-tools, e-commerce
- platform: php, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: accounting, invoicing, bookkeeping, expense-tracking, laravel, small-business, multi-currency, billing, payroll, crm, web-server, linux

## Member repositories
- akaunting/akaunting (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.539313+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:19:44.410369+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.539313+00:00, sha acf073b2864a)
  - homepage: https://akaunting.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:42.302407+00:00, sha 7dc5b58862db)
  - site_page: https://akaunting.com/features (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:42.311654+00:00, sha 5fd98089e50a)
  - site_page: https://akaunting.com/features/why-akaunting-cloud (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:42.314262+00:00, sha 5b72b529318e)
  - site_page: https://akaunting.com/hc/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:42.316356+00:00, sha cd4a924da696)
  - site_page: https://akaunting.com/hc/docs/developers (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:42.318258+00:00, sha cd4a924da696)
  - site_page: https://akaunting.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:42.321617+00:00, sha a405876a992a)
  - site_page: https://akaunting.com/changelog/3.0 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:42.319973+00:00, sha ea949825299a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.