About

Akaunting is an open-source, freemium online money management and accounting software, developed in Turkey using Laravel. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools for invoicing, expense tracking, bookkeeping, and printing checks, with support for multiple languages, and is accessible across Mac, Windows, Linux, online, and self-hosted environments. While providing a free, self-hosted option, its business model increasingly relies on paywalled advanced features such as bank connectivity, payment processors, inventory, and employee management. This approach has led to user feedback suggesting it may become less cost-effective than comprehensive alternatives like QuickBooks for full functionality. Positioned as a web-based alternative to solutions like QuickBooks and GnuCash, Akaunting has faced criticism regarding database corruption during updates, crashes, and a perceived shift of previously free features behind a paywall, impacting user satisfaction and community support, despite its clean interface and underlying potential.