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LedgerSMB
LedgerSMB · founded 2006
What it is
LedgerSMB is free, open-source ERP and accounting software for small and mid-size businesses, combining accounting, sales, and related operations. Its functions include double-entry general ledger, quotations, sales and purchase orders, invoices, receivables, payables, and cash management. It also supports inventory, light manufacturing, and fixed asset depreciation and disposal. Users can enter transactions in multiple currencies and track budgets by project or department with variance reports. The application produces PDF, HTML, CSV, and Office documents, can email documents from within the application, and includes 45 languages. A web services API supports programmatic interaction, but connecting an online store requires custom integration. LedgerSMB is a web application intended to run on the user’s own infrastructure; Linux installers and production Docker images are available. The project began in 2006 as a fork of SQL-Ledger. The software is listed as free. Volunteer community support is available through a users mailing list and Matrix, and paid professional support is also offered.
For and against
For
- Includes double-entry accounting and invoicing.
- Supports inventory and light manufacturing.
- Transactions can use multiple currencies.
- Documents can be produced in several formats.
- Free volunteer community support is available.
Against
- It is intended for installation on the user's infrastructure.
- Online-store attachment requires custom integration.
- Professional support is paid.
- Production guidance recommends a reverse proxy setup.
The verdict
LedgerSMB offers a broad set of accounting and operations tools as free, self-hosted open-source software. Its deployment model and the need for custom work to attach an online store are important considerations.
Who it suits
LedgerSMB may suit small and mid-size businesses seeking self-hosted accounting and operational software. It is a fit to consider for teams able to install and operate a web application on their own infrastructure.
Plans and prices
Free open-source software
self-hosted deployment · commercial hosting/support optional
Read 15 Oct 2026 · goodfirms.co
LedgerSMB
open source software · self-hosted installation
Read 9 Oct 2026 · ledgersmb.org
On the record
- Accounting and sales
- Built-in functions include double-entry general ledger, quotations, sales and purchase orders, invoices, receivables, payables, and cash management.ledgersmb.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- API
- LedgerSMB exposes a language-independent web-services API documented with versioned OpenAPI files.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- API example
- The integration documentation demonstrates authenticated JSON POST requests to endpoints such as /erp/api/v0/invoices/.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Bank feeds
- Yesledgersmb.org · read 21 Sep 2026
- Bank statement import
- Built-in reconciliation importers support CAMT.053, OFX and CSV bank statements.book.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cash management
- Cash management supports checks, receipts and reconciliation with bank statements.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company history
- LedgerSMB began in 2006 as a fork of SQL-Ledger, motivated partly by disagreements over security-bug handling.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Contact management
- Contact management stores customer and vendor relationships and orders.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Currencies and budgeting
- Users can enter transactions in multiple currencies and track budgets by project or department with variance reports.ledgersmb.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Current release policy
- The project maintains stable 1.13 and old-stable 1.12 branches and targets at least 24 months of community support per 1.x series.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- LedgerSMB is a web application intended to be installed and operated on the user's own infrastructure; the maker provides Linux installers and production Docker images.ledgersmb.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Documentation includes installation and upgrade instructions, a free manual, videos and a work-in-progress business book.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Document output
- Documents can be produced in PDF, HTML, CSV and Office formats and emailed from the application.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documents and languages
- The application can produce PDF, HTML, CSV, and Office documents, email documents from within the application, and includes 45 languages.ledgersmb.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- The project describes an open architecture, add-ons and custom integrations, including a custom product-configuration plugin.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Fixed assets
- Fixed-asset accounting covers depreciation and disposal.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- General ledger
- Double-entry general-ledger and journal-entry functions manage accounts and transfers.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Hardware guidance
- The system-requirements page says up to ten users can run on a 32-bit server with 1 GB RAM or a 64-bit server with 2 GB RAM.ledgersmb.org · read 15 Oct 2026
