# frappe/books

Free Accounting Software

Repository: https://github.com/frappe/books
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/frappe-books
Homepage: https://frappe.io/books
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: accounting, open-source, javascript, electron, frappe, vuejs, book-keeping, double-entry-accounting, offline, desktop, inventory-management, invoicing, point-of-sale, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-05-28T22:17:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 55, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3159, "days_push": 97, "days_rel": 300, "gap_med": 22.0, "n_releases_24m": 19}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4903, forks 1133 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:02.129320+00:00)

## What it is
Frappe Books is a free, open-source desktop accounting application for small and medium businesses, built with Electron, Vue.js, and TypeScript. It offers double-entry bookkeeping, invoicing, payments, financial reports, point of sale, and offline-first operation with local data files.

## Use cases
- manage small business bookkeeping offline
- create and send professional invoices
- track double-entry accounting entries
- generate profit and loss and balance sheet reports
- run a simple point of sale for retail
- manage inventory and billing in one desktop app

## When to choose
- you want free, open-source accounting software with a modern UI
- you need offline desktop accounting with local data files
- you run a small business needing invoicing, POS, and financial reports
- you want customizable invoice templates via HTML

## When to avoid
- you need multi-user cloud accounting with real-time collaboration
- you require payroll or country-specific tax compliance beyond built-in charts of accounts
- you want a web-based or mobile accounting solution

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: fintech, desktop-applications, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: accounting, double-entry-accounting, invoicing, bookkeeping, point-of-sale, offline-first, inventory-management, vuejs, typescript, small-business, linux, macos, desktop, electron

## Member repositories
- frappe/books (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.129320+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 2026-08-29T18:18:07.800793+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/frappe/books (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.129320+00:00, sha 87738ee0645a)
  - homepage: https://frappe.io/books (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.471965+00:00, sha d5783b5ca17c)
  - site_page: https://frappe.io/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.474499+00:00, sha e82946ab2a40)
  - site_page: https://docs.frappe.io/books (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.476147+00:00, sha e1ac5a2c6ae0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.