Orange Way Books vs Tokenbooks

Orange Way Books is an open-source, double-entry bookkeeping application for Bitcoin-native and privacy-conscious small businesses. It runs as a self-hosted web app, with working code that the project describes as early development. Core tools include accounts, journal entries, transactions, contacts, invoices, payment requests, attachments, and audit logs. The browser computes profit and loss, balance sheet, trial balance, general ledger, cash flow, and foreign-exchange revaluation reports. Sensitive business fields are encrypted before leaving the browser, so the server stores ciphertext it cannot decrypt. Organizations can assign Owner, Admin, Accountant, Bookkeeper, Auditor, and time-limited Support roles. CSV and QuickBooks workbook imports are supported, with JSON data takeout. An optional Orange Rails integration supplies bank and exchange feeds. Transaction dates remain visible to the server, and on-chain Bitcoin transactions remain public. Payroll and tax-filing integrations are not included. The project uses the Apache-2.0 license and requires local setup with Bun and Supabase.

Tokenbooks provides crypto accounting and treasury workflows for Web3 finance teams and crypto-native businesses. It syncs wallet, exchange, and bank activity, with support listed for more than 100 blockchains and exchanges. Accounting features include reviewable transactions and journals, ledgers, cost basis, financial reports, and exports. Payment workflows cover requests, approvals, Safe execution, and fiat payouts tied to accounting. Teams can add comments and use collaboration and audit-trail context for review. Named connections include EVM chains, Coinbase, Kraken, Ledger, Solana, and NEAR; Growth adds QuickBooks Online and Xero connections. Tokenbooks offers a public API for embedding multi-chain accounting in other products and says the API powers its MCP server. It also describes workflows driven through Claude, ChatGPT, or a user’s own agent, with sign-off gates and an audit trail. The maker says it does not store users’ private keys. Plans include a free tier with one portfolio, five wallets, and 1,000 total transactions; Solo starts at $99.00 per year. Bookkeeping services are listed from $2,000 per month.