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Frappe BooksQuickBooks Desktop
Free

Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

 Paid

Paid commercial software; Intuit sells several editions.

macOS macOS
  • Keyboard-driven fuzzy search to reach any form
  • Invoices, income and expense tracking in one app
  • Accounting, payroll and inventory in one program
  • Industry-specific editions
  • Still at a 0.x version
  • Aimed at small businesses, not larger accounting teams
  • Paid commercial software
  • Intuit steers many customers towards its cloud product instead
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0 License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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