Clerq

Spec sheet

What it does

Clerq is an open-source back-office system for freelancers and small development studios covering clients, projects, time, invoices and expenses.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Purpose

Clerq is an open-source back-office suite for freelancers and small dev studios, covering clients, projects, time tracking, invoicing and expenses.Read 9 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Security

The privacy policy says Cloud passwords are stored as secure hashes and traffic is encrypted in transit using HTTPS.Read 9 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Support

Cloud pricing lists small-team support with roles; self-hosted users receive community support on GitHub.Read 9 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Headquarters

Prague, Czech RepublicRead 28 Sep 2026 · useclerq.net

AI integration

An optional MCP server provides 61 tools that let connected AI assistants work with business data, including creating invoices and recording expenses.Read 9 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

AI receipt scanning

Optional Groq vision scanning extracts receipt details into the expense form for user review.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Authentication secret

BETTER_AUTH_SECRET signs session cookies and short-lived invoice PDF links, with at least 32 random characters recommended.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Clients

Client records support multiple contacts, VAT numbers, default rates, notes and an activity thread.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Cloud hosting

Clerq Cloud is hosted in the EU/EEA, with automatic updates and backups listed as cloud features.Read 9 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Cloud security statement

Clerq Cloud says customer data is held on managed encrypted servers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Currencies

Invoices support multiple currencies using European Central Bank or Frankfurter reference rates with manual overrides.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Data portability

Businesses can export their data as a documented JSON file, while full Postgres dumps support instance backups.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

EasyPanel deployment

EasyPanel deployment uses separate Postgres and app services, with migrations applied during first boot.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Expenses

Expenses store descriptions, amounts, currencies, dates, vendors, categories, notes and paid or unpaid status.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Hosting price limit

Cloud is free during open beta, and the pricing page says self-hosting will remain free if paid hosting is introduced later.Read 9 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Independent listing mismatch

The G2 Clerq profile is for a Toronto patent-research product rather than the useclerq.net invoicing application, so its review data should not be attributed to this product.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Invoice documents

Invoices receive sequential yearly numbers and can produce branded PDFs and signed links.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Invoice generation

Unbilled time can be converted into invoices grouped by person and rate, task or one combined line.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Invoicing

Users can generate invoices from unbilled time, use multiple currencies with live exchange rates, apply three VAT treatments, and create branded PDFs and signed links.Read 9 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Licence

The home page identifies the self-hosted source as AGPL-3.0 licensed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Limit: email

Clerq does not require SMTP and does not send email; invitations are shareable links and invoices are exported as PDFs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Limit: payment collection

The product records payments, while sending messages and taking payments remain in the user's other tools.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Limit: registration control

There is currently no environment variable to disable new registrations on a self-hosted instance.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Limit: self-host operations

Self-hosted operators must arrange their own database backups, restores and upgrade redeployments.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Limit: serverless scheduling

Serverless deployments need an external scheduler calling the protected cron endpoint for recurring invoices.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Maker copyright date

PunterDigital's site footer carries a 2018-2025 copyright notice.Read 15 Oct 2026 · punterdigital.com

Maker legal entity

The external maker site identifies the company as PunterDigital Limited with company number 11498511.Read 15 Oct 2026 · punterdigital.com

Maker location

PunterDigital lists its registered office at 14 Park Drive, Deganwy, Conwy, Wales, LL31 9YB.Read 15 Oct 2026 · punterdigital.com

Maker services

PunterDigital describes itself as providing web design, SaaS applications, API integrations, web application security and payment gateway integrations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · punterdigital.com

MCP authorization

The MCP server reuses the web app's permission layer, so an assistant can do only what the connected member can do.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

MCP automation

Clerq exposes 61 MCP tools for actions such as logging time, creating invoices, recording payments and reading reports.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Other integrations

The privacy policy identifies optional Google sign-in and Frankfurter currency-rate lookups using European Central Bank reference rates.Read 9 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Profit reports

Reports show profit or loss, cash and accrued views and can track client budgets.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Projects and tasks

Projects include Kanban and list views, statuses, due dates, time estimates and per-project rate overrides.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Rate handling

Rates are resolved from entry, project or client settings and locked when time is recorded.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Rating on G2

0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviews on the unrelated patent-software Clerq listing.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Receipt attachments

Receipts can be uploaded as PNG, JPEG or PDF files and are stored inline in the database.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Receipt privacy

Receipt images are sent to Groq only when scanning is clicked and are not transmitted automatically.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Recurring invoices

Recurring schedules support weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly cadences, payment terms, stop conditions and automatic generation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Self-host deployment

The published Docker image is ghcr.io/punterdigital/clerq and runs on port 3000.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Self-hosting and privacy

For self-hosted deployments, Clerq says data stays on infrastructure controlled by the operator, who is responsible for security and backups.Read 9 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Team access

Clerq supports seven predefined roles, custom roles, and per-member access overrides.Read 9 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Team permissions

Seven predefined roles, custom roles and per-member Grant, Deny or Inherit overrides are available.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Time and projects

The product includes Kanban and list views, a live task timer, weekly timesheets, and billable flags.Read 9 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Time tracking

Users can run a live task timer or enter time manually with billable flags and weekly timesheets.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

VAT

The system supports standard, zero-rated and EU reverse-charge VAT treatments when a VAT number is configured.Read 15 Oct 2026 · useclerq.net

Plans and prices

Every Clerq plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

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