Local-first
Your data lives on your machine.
Not in our cloud. Not behind our auth. A single file you can back up, copy, email to your accountant, or keep forever after we're gone.
QuickBooks Desktop, reborn.
The accounting software you already know how to use, rebuilt for the next fifteen years of your business. Desktop-native. Run it local, on your server, or hosted in the cloud.
Built for humans and agentic AI
No forced sunset pressure
Modern integrations when you want them
One file, three ways to work.
On this machine
On your server
In the cloud
Your setup comes with you.
We import your company file. Nothing to rebuild, no chart of accounts to copy by hand.
The core structure of your books arrives intact.
- Chart of accounts
- Customers & jobs hierarchy
- Vendors & 1099 eligibility
- Items (inventory, service, non-inventory)
- Open invoices, bills & POs
- Historical transactions (with class tracking)
- Memorized transactions
- Tax items & tax groups
Why now
No one rebuilt the QBD workflow for people who still want to own their books.
Intuit has been walking away from QuickBooks Desktop for years. Sunset dates, subscription gates, migration-to-Online pitches. Meanwhile, you keep running QBD because it's fast, it's familiar, and nothing on the market is actually better.
JouraBooks is the desktop accounting software small businesses actually want — the speed and muscle memory of QBD, engineered like it's 2026, priced like you own it.
Desktop-native response, not browser lag.
A file you can copy, back up, and keep.
Same forms, same habits, same muscle memory.
We are not trying to “disrupt accounting.” We are rebuilding a workflow people already depend on, with modern engineering under it.
Built by developers and accountants who still miss the speed and ownership model of QBD.
Designed around real migration pain: company files, jobs hierarchy, memorized transactions, and keyboard-heavy data entry.
What we're building
Four commitments we won't walk back.
QBD-familiar
The forms you already know.
Invoices, estimates, POs, bills, deposits — the same workflows, the same keyboard shortcuts, the same mental model. No re-learning.
Own your data
No lock-in, ever.
Your file stays readable and portable — whether we succeed, fail, or you decide to leave on your own terms.
Licensing on your terms
Pay once, subscribe, or mix.
Buy a one-time license and own it. Or pick a subscription if that fits your cash flow better. Either way, same software, same features — no tier locking basic workflows behind an upgrade. You choose, we don't corner you.
How it compares
Against the options most QBD users are considering.
| Feature | QBD Enterprise | QuickBooks Online | Xero | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supports agentic AI workflows | ||||
| Runs offline | ||||
| Data stays on your machine | ||||
| One-time license option | ||||
| No mandatory upgrades | ||||
| Keyboard-first data entry | ||||
| QBD-style forms | ||||
| Jobs hierarchy (Customer:Job) | ||||
| Classes & locations | ||||
| 1099 tracking | ||||
| Memorized transactions |
For accountants
If you run books for multiple QBD clients, JouraBooks is being built with you in mind — batch migration tooling, multi-client company switching, and direct priority for accountant-led waves of onboarding.
Read how we're approaching it on the migration page.
Get in early
We're inviting beta users in waves, QuickBooks Desktop migrators first. Tell us a little about your setup and we'll reach out when your invite is ready.