# LedgerSMB review (2026): is it any good? > Open-source double-entry accounting and ERP you install yourself Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. LedgerSMB is open-source accounting and ERP software for small and mid-size businesses. It combines a double-entry general ledger with invoicing, orders, purchasing, inventory and fixed assets, and runs in a browser against a server you install. The software is free to download; paid help comes from outside professionals. - **Category:** Accounting & Invoicing - **Made by:** LedgerSMB - **Website:** https://ledgersmb.org - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you don't have someone to install and maintain it. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, LedgerSMB is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** Free to download and run yourself; community support is free for the releases still under active support. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Self-hosted | $0 | Free open-source download; install with the project's installer, Docker images or release archive. | Read from https://ledgersmb.org/content/support on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with LedgerSMB before buying. ## Key features - **General ledger:** Double-entry accounting with journal entries, transfers between accounts and a picture of financial health. - **Sales and purchasing:** Tracks customers, quotations, sales orders and invoices, plus vendors, purchase orders and bills. - **Multiple currencies:** Transactions, invoices and payments can be entered in different currencies with different conversion rates. - **Cash management:** Handles cash in and out, writes checks, tracks receipts and reconciles against bank statements. - **Inventory and fixed assets:** Tracks goods, services and assemblies, and fixed assets with depreciation and disposal. - **Time tracking and budgets:** Turns billable hours into invoices and tracks budgets by project or department with variance reports. ## Good for - Businesses that want a double-entry ledger without a vendor subscription - Companies with IT staff or a consultant to install and maintain it - Multi-currency businesses in many countries ## Worth knowing - You install and run it yourself; the project lists a Debian and Fedora installer, Docker images and release archives. - Free community support only covers releases under active support; version 1.12 reaches end of life on Dec 14, 2026. - Paid support is available from outside professionals, not published as plans by the project. - Version 1.13, the current stable release, has community support until Oct 4, 2027. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. LedgerSMB is a free, open-source double-entry ledger with invoicing, purchasing, inventory and fixed assets, run on a server you install. Free support only covers releases still under active support, and version 1.12 reaches end of life on 14 December 2026. - **Value for money: C.** Free to download, but you host it yourself, which needs a server. Paid help comes from outside professionals with no published prices. - **Free plan and trial: B.** No limits listed and no paid edition. Free community support covers only releases under active support. - **Features: B.** General ledger, sales and purchasing, multi-currency, cash management, inventory, fixed assets and budgets. The core job is covered. - **Ease of use: D.** You install and maintain it: an installer, Docker images or release archives. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no integrations or apps listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from LedgerSMB's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among accounting and invoicing tools - LedgerSMB's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 43 of the 127 other accounting and invoicing tools we grade, and level with 30. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 93 of 127) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - LedgerSMB has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/accounting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** LedgerSMB is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. - You could make: Invoicing, inventory, reports and quotes and estimates: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Live feeds from your bank, which take an agreement with each bank or a service that has them. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Open source, Self-hostable, Bookkeeping, Invoicing, Inventory, Reports, Quotes and estimates ## Alternatives - [GnuCash](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gnucash): Free double-entry accounting for home and small business use. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gnucash-vs-ledgersmb) - [Manager.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/manager-io): Free offline accounting for Windows, Mac and Linux, with a paid cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ledgersmb-vs-manager-io) - [Akaunting](https://toolgpa.com/tools/akaunting): Open-source accounting you can host yourself or use in the cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/akaunting-vs-ledgersmb) - [Odoo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/odoo): Business app suite whose Accounting app is free when used on its own. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ledgersmb-vs-odoo) - [Bigcapital](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bigcapital): Open-source accounting you host yourself, with a cloud version planned. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bigcapital-vs-ledgersmb) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://ledgersmb.org - https://ledgersmb.org/content/features - https://ledgersmb.org/content/download - https://ledgersmb.org/content/support Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/ledgersmb Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).