# bigcapitalhq/bigcapital

💵 Independent financial accounting with intelligent reporting, alternative to Quickbooks, Xero, Wave.

Repository: https://github.com/bigcapitalhq/bigcapital
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bigcapital
Homepage: https://bigcapital.app
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: accounting, financial, inventory, bills, expenses, double-entry-accounting, payments, invoicing
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:53:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1807, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 2.0, "n_releases_24m": 51}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3861, forks 513 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:27.532192+00:00)

## What it is
Bigcapital is an open-source, self-hostable accounting and inventory application for small and medium businesses, offering invoicing, expense tracking, double-entry bookkeeping, and intelligent financial reports. It serves as an alternative to QuickBooks, Xero, and Wave, deployable via Docker with a cloud offering and an API.

## Use cases
- self-host an alternative to QuickBooks or Xero
- manage invoicing and track customer and vendor payments
- track business expenses and categorize them into accounts
- manage inventory with automatic stock updates
- generate financial statements and reports for decision-making
- do multi-currency accounting with real-time exchange rates
- collaborate with accountants using role-based permissions

## When to choose
- you want full control over your financial data by self-hosting
- you need double-entry accounting with invoicing, bills, and inventory in one tool
- you want to avoid subscription costs of QuickBooks, Xero, or Wave
- you need an API to integrate accounting with other systems

## When to avoid
- you need payroll or tax filing features specific to your country
- you prefer a fully managed solution without maintaining your own deployment
- you need a mature, battle-tested accounting suite with a large accountant ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: fintech, e-commerce, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: accounting, bookkeeping, invoicing, double-entry, inventory, quickbooks-alternative, financial-reports, multi-currency, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- bigcapitalhq/bigcapital (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.532192+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 2026-08-29T18:25:53.744154+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bigcapitalhq/bigcapital (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.532192+00:00, sha 11e01bb18910)
  - homepage: https://bigcapital.app (fetched 2026-08-29T09:20:46.439744+00:00, sha f137680dc404)
  - site_page: https://docs.bigcapital.app (fetched 2026-08-29T09:20:46.442175+00:00, sha 5e107db5a60d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.