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Bigcapital

Financial accounting and inventory management software for small to medium businesses.

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Still maintained? Yes: 551 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.25.45 (Oct 2026).

Also an alternative to QuickBooks and FreshBooks.

Docker #12 of 43 in Money, Budgeting & Management

At a glance

Bigcapital quick facts

Health score
94/100 GOOD
Stars
4,011
Last commit
2 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v0.25.45, Oct 2026
Licence
AGPL-3.0
View bigcapitalhq/bigcapital on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to Bigcapital

Full rankings: QuickBooks alternatives, FreshBooks alternatives

In its own words

The project's README opens: "Simple, smart online accounting software for small and medium businesses."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Bigcapital scores 94/100, #12 of 43 in Money, Budgeting & Management: 551 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.25.45, 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,011 stars add 14.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 5.6 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    551 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v0.25.45 released 7 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 14.4 / 20

    4k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

1130 commits over the last 12 months
551
Last 90 days
1,130
Last 12 months
2 days ago
Last push

Ranked #12 of 43 tools in Money, Budgeting & Management by health , between OctoBot (#11) and FOSSBilling (#13) .

Details

LicenceAGPL-3.0
PlatformsDocker
Latest releasev0.25.45 · 7 days ago
Stars4,011
Open issues174
DockerYes
Repositorybigcapitalhq/bigcapital ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Bigcapital vs its top 5 alternatives

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Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Invoice Ninja 96 10k Elastic-2.0 today
Bigcapital (this tool) 94 4k AGPL-3.0 2 days ago
LedgerSMB 91 571 GPL-2.0 yesterday
Akaunting 86 10k BUSL-1.1 yesterday
Dolibarr 86 7.8k GPL-3.0 today
SolidInvoice 82 977 MIT today

Bigcapital: common questions

What does Bigcapital replace?

Repoly lists Bigcapital as an open-source alternative to QuickBooks and FreshBooks. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Bigcapital stands against the others.

Is Bigcapital still maintained?

Bigcapital had 551 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.25.45, is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.