Akaunting
Web-based accounting for small businesses and freelancers, with invoices, bills, banking and an app store of add-ons; source-available since 2023.
What is Akaunting?
Akaunting is an online accounting application built with Laravel, Vue.js and Tailwind. It manages invoices, bills, customers, vendors, bank accounts and reports, and offers a REST API. Its modular design lets you add features from the Akaunting App Store, where developers can also sell extensions. It runs on PHP 8.2 or newer with MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite behind Apache, Nginx or IIS. Contributors have translated it into 49 languages.
Good fit if
- You run a small business and want accounting software on your own server instead of a QuickBooks subscription.
- You want to extend it with modules rather than custom code.
Look elsewhere if
- You mostly send invoices and log billable hours: Invoice Ninja.
- You want OSI-licensed software for household money rather than business books: Firefly III or Actual Budget.
Before you adopt it
Akaunting changed from GPL-3.0 to the Business Source License 1.1 with version 3.1 in October 2023. BUSL is not open source by the OSI definition and limits production use according to its terms. Some App Store extensions are paid add-ons. Installation is manual: Composer, npm with Node.js 18 or 20, and a web server pointed at the project root; no Docker image is provided.
Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 31 October 2026. Report a correction
Akaunting health: is it still maintained?
70 of 100, actively developed
Read from GitHub on 3 November 2026. How the score works
Akaunting license: is it open source?
Akaunting uses Business Source License. It is source-available, not an OSI-approved open-source license: the code is public, but the license restricts how you may use it, usually commercially.
- June 2017First published on GitHub under GPL-3.0.
- 3 October 2023Changed to Business Source License. Commit: akaunting 3.1
- TodayBusiness Source License.
How to run Akaunting yourself
- Docker
- No Docker files in the repository
- Compose file
- None in the repository
- Setup effort
- Not rated: no compose file to judge from
- Kubernetes
- No Helm chart in the repository
- Desktop and mobile
- No app builds in GitHub releases
- Interface languages
- 49 languages
Install instructions: akaunting.com or the README on GitHub.
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Questions about Akaunting
Is Akaunting open source?
Not by the OSI definition. Akaunting uses Business Source License, which makes the code public but restricts how it may be used.
Is Akaunting still maintained?
Its health score is 70 of 100 (actively developed). It had 195 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 3 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 27 October 2026.
Did Akaunting change its license?
Yes. It moved from GPL-3.0 to Business Source License on 3 October 2023.
How do I run Akaunting?
The repository has no Docker files or app builds, so you build it from source. The README on GitHub has the steps.
What are the alternatives to Akaunting?
Close alternatives in the Money & budgeting category include Firefly III, Invoice Ninja, Ghostfolio.