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# Frappe Books
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[](https://travis-ci.com/frappe/books)
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[](https://github.com/frappe/books/releases)
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Free Desktop book-keeping software for small-businesses and freelancers.
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<kbd><img src=".github/frappe-books-preview.png" alt="Frappe Books Preview" /></kbd>
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## Features
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1. Double-entry accounting
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1. Invoicing
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1. Billing
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1. Payments
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1. Journal Entries
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1. Dashboard
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1. Works Offline
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1. Financial Reports
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- General Ledger
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- Profit and Loss Statement
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- Balance Sheet
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- Trial Balance
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1. Multi-currency Invoicing
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## Download
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Download the latest release for your platform from the [releases
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page](https://github.com/frappe/books/releases).
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## Development
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Frappe Books is built on [FrappeJS](https://github.com/frappe/frappejs), Vue.js
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and Electron. It is offline by default, and uses a local SQLite file as the
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database.
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### Pre-requisites
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1. Install build essentials
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Ubuntu
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```bash
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apt-get install build-essential python git
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apt-get install libgconf-2-4
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```
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MacOS
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```bash
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xcode-select --install
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```
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You will also need [Xcode App](https://apps.apple.com/in/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12) from App Store
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2. Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/). Make sure you have atleast version 12 installed.
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> Tip: The best way to install and manage Node is to install [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#usage)
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3. Install `yarn` package manager
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```bash
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npm install -g yarn
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```
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### Clone and Run
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```bash
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# clone the repository
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git clone https://github.com/frappe/books.git
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# change directory
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cd books
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# install dependencies
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yarn
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# start the electron app
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yarn electron:serve
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```
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### Developing with FrappeJS
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FrappeBooks is based on [FrappeJS](https://github.com/frappe/frappejs) for managing models and objects. To develop alongside FrappeJS
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```bash
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# clone frappejs
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git clone https://github.com/frappe/frappejs.git
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# link frappejs
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cd frappejs
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yarn link
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yarn link frappejs
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```
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### FAQ
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1. Launching electron and nothing displays
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https://github.com/nklayman/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/issues/24#issuecomment-770165389
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```
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sudo chown root node_modules/electron/dist/chrome-sandbox && sudo chmod 4755 node_modules/electron/dist/chrome-sandbox
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```
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## License
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[GNU Affero General Public License v3.0](LICENSE)
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