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Manager.io vs Frappe Books: catalog facts
Manager.ioFrappe Books
Freemium

The desktop edition is free; the Cloud Edition is a separate hosted offering.

Free

Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Web macOS
  • Free desktop edition for bookkeeping
  • Suits both small business accounts and personal finances
  • Keyboard-driven fuzzy search to reach any form
  • Invoices, income and expense tracking in one app
  • Not open source
  • Cloud Edition is separate from the free desktop download
  • Still at a 0.x version
  • Aimed at small businesses, not larger accounting teams
Downloadable app, Hosted service Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: AGPL-3.0
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 September 24, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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