Accounting teams choosing open/source-visible software must separate full ERP suites from bookkeeping, invoicing, and finance-automation tools, then weigh project condition as well as feature scope. This September 2026 snapshot uses the supplied ToolVitals records to identify the strongest-ranked options for the accounting use case.
The ranking covers open/source-visible tools and orders them by ToolVitals score descending, using health and shipping to break equal composite scores. GitHub star counts are context only; they do not determine the ranking.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenConstructionERP | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 99 | 99 | 838 | 99 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Dolibarr | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 98 | 99 | 7644 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | ERPNext | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 98 | 98 | 39433 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Bigcapital | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 96 | 96 | 3902 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Aureus ERP | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 95 | 11957 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Facturascripts | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-3.0 | 95 | 95 | 493 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | OpenAccountants | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 93 | 397 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | IOTA SDK | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 94 | 95 | 463 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | hledger | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 93 | 94 | 4711 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | LedgerSMB | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 93 | 92 | 568 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | OpenSTAManager | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 94 | 90 | 150 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | bgerp | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 93 | 90 | 60 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | Apache OFBiz | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 92 | 87 | 1124 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | NotrinosERP | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 88 | 90 | 162 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | Bloomerp | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 88 | 86 | 42 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | Balaka | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 74 | 76 | 43 | 74 | 🟢 Good |
| 17 | BuchISY | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 71 | 61 | 1 | 67 | 🟢 Good |
| 18 | Frappe Books | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 70 | 50 | 4976 | 62 | 🟢 Good |
| 19 | TaxHacker | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 69 | 43 | 6714 | 59 | 🟡 Fair |
| 20 | OpenFactu | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 51 | 43 | 1 | 48 | 🟡 Fair |
| 21 | Montte NX | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 55 | 35 | 6 | 47 | 🟡 Fair |
| 22 | Finova | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 50 | 25 | 34 | 40 | 🟡 Fair |
| 23 | SaaSBooks | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 43 | 17 | 43 | 33 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 24 | Nepal Compliance | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 37 | 5 | 174 | 24 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 25 | Dubbl | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 22 | 9 | 48 | 17 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 26 | openboek | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 27 | CFO Stack | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 10 | 0 | 66 | 6 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 28 | ERP SaaS | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 9 | 2 | 1475 | 6 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 29 | Rever | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 9 | 0 | 541 | 6 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 30 | JournalSmart | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 31 | oms-erp | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 5 | 0 | 1926 | 3 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
OpenConstructionERP leads the list with a ToolVitals score of 99, health score of 99, and shipping score of 99. The supplied description calls it an open-source construction estimation and ERP platform, making it a construction-focused option in this accounting list. Its record lists it as OSI-approved OSS under AGPL-3.0. The associated repository has 838 GitHub stars, included here as context only.
Dolibarr ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 98, health score of 98, and shipping score of 99. Its supplied description explicitly includes contacts, suppliers, invoices, orders, stocks, agenda, and accounting in an open-source web application, giving it broad business-management scope. The record lists it as OSI-approved OSS under GPL-3.0. Its 7,644 GitHub stars indicate repository visibility but do not determine its position.
ERPNext ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 98, health score of 98, and shipping score of 98. Its supplied description identifies it as Free and Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), making it a general ERP option rather than a narrowly defined ledger application. Because Dolibarr and ERPNext share a ToolVitals score of 98, ERPNext follows Dolibarr on the supplied tie-break: both have a health score of 98, while Dolibarr has the higher shipping score. ERPNext is listed as OSI-approved OSS under GPL-3.0, and its 39,433 GitHub stars are context only.
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