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11 self-hosted Zoho Books alternatives

Cloud accounting software for small businesses to manage invoicing, expenses, bank reconciliation, inventory, taxes, payments and financial reporting. Provides automation, workflows and integrations with other Zoho applications.

Alternatives to Zoho Books

Odoo is a modular suite of web-based business apps, providing an open-source ERP with CRM, accounting, inventory, HR, eCommerce, website, and more.

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54k stars33.5k forkslast commit Actively maintained

Open-source ERP for SMBs with accounting, CRM, inventory, manufacturing, HR/payroll, projects, POS, and support in one integrated system.

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38.5k stars12.6k forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hostable online accounting software to manage invoices, expenses, payments, and cash flow for small businesses and freelancers.

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10.1k stars3k forkslast commit Actively maintained

Dolibarr is an open-source web-based ERP/CRM to manage sales, invoicing, purchases, inventory, accounting, HR, projects, and customer relationships.

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7.5k stars3.5k forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted open-source accounting and inventory software with double-entry bookkeeping, invoicing, expenses, multi-currency support, and financial reporting.

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3.9k stars515 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Apache OFBiz is a Java-based open-source ERP and e-commerce framework providing modular apps for accounting, CRM, order management, inventory and manufacturing, plus developer APIs.

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1.1k stars714 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Rachoon is a modern self-hosted invoicing app for freelancers and small businesses, with client management, payment tracking, PDF export, and customizable templates.

978 stars72 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted invoicing and quoting platform with client management, taxes/discounts, online payments, and a REST API for integrations.

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953 stars230 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Open source web-based double-entry accounting and ERP with invoicing, order processing, inventory, projects, and robust PostgreSQL-backed reporting.

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559 stars169 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Web application to manage CSA/ACP/Solawi operations: members, deliveries, automated billing, online shop and multilingual communications.

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80 stars22 forkslast commit Actively maintained

What replacing Zoho Books actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 11 of 11 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-3.0, MIT, AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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