Frappe Books
by Frappe Books · Desktop accounting with data stored locally in a SQLite file
56.1 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
Frappe Books is a desktop accounting app that keeps all data in a single SQLite file on your own computer, so it works without an internet connection. A Ctrl-k fuzzy search jumps to any form, such as sales invoice entry, and the rest of the fields are filled in as you tab through. It ships with Profit and Loss, General Ledger and Balance Sheet reports and an HTML template builder for invoices.
- Best for
- Business owners who want free desktop accounting with their data kept on their own computer.
- Pricing
- No prices are published for Frappe Books; the pages describe it as free to download with no subscription fee.
- Runs on
- Web
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free to download, with no subscription fee
- Ctrl-k fuzzy search jumps straight to any form
- Runs offline; data sits in one local SQLite file
- Profit and Loss, General Ledger and Balance Sheet reports
Trade-offs
- Backups are your job — you copy the SQLite file yourself
- Custom invoice templates require some HTML knowledge
- Desktop-only: it runs on your computer, with data held there
- Its makers describe it as an experiment that earns them no money
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 30 out of 100
- Documentation
- 80 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 100 out of 100
- Pricing transparency
- 100 out of 100
- Changelog
- 100 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 50 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 10 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 40 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 70 out of 100
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