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QuickBooks DesktopFrappe Books
Paid

Paid commercial software; Intuit sells several editions.

 Free

Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

macOS macOS
  • Accounting, payroll and inventory in one program
  • Industry-specific editions
  • Keyboard-driven fuzzy search to reach any form
  • Invoices, income and expense tracking in one app
  • Paid commercial software
  • Intuit steers many customers towards its cloud product instead
  • Still at a 0.x version
  • Aimed at small businesses, not larger accounting teams
Downloadable app 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 October 2, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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