A HostBooks alternative, offline & desktop
For businesses that prefer a fast desktop app over a monthly cloud, LekhaPro is an offline-first alternative to HostBooks — accounting, GST, inventory and AI on your own machine.
Live product UI — sample data.
Desktop, not just cloud
A native offline app that opens instantly and keeps working without a connection.
Complete suite
Double-entry accounting, GST, inventory and banking in one place.
AI + local data
Deterministic AI insights with your books on your machine and encrypted backups.
What’s included
- Offline double-entry accounting
- GST billing & returns
- Inventory & banking
- Deterministic AI insights
- Multi-company & multi-year
- Encrypted local backups
- Offline-first
Frequently asked
Is LekhaPro a good HostBooks alternative?
Yes for those who want an offline desktop suite with GST and AI, and their data kept locally. Compare both against your workflow.
Does it need the internet?
No — accounting, GST and reports run offline; a connection is only needed occasionally for licence checks and updates.
Can my CA use the books?
Yes — they are standard posted double-entry with full statements.
What exactly is included in Alternative · accounting?
offline double-entry accounting, GST billing & returns, inventory & banking, deterministic AI insights, multi-company & multi-year and encrypted local backups, and 1 more. Every item on that list is a working screen you can open in the trial rather than a capability described in the abstract.
How is alternative · accounting handled differently here?
It rests on desktop, not just cloud, complete suite and AI + local data. The distinction that matters is that these are structural rather than cosmetic — the behaviour is built into how records are posted, not layered on as a report you have to remember to run.
How does Alternative · accounting affect my GST?
It feeds it directly rather than sitting alongside it. CGST/SGST and IGST are split from HSN or SAC and place of supply as each document is raised, so whatever alternative · accounting produces is already correct when GSTR-1, 3B and 2B reconciliation are drawn off the same books. The return matches the accounts because it was never a separate exercise.
Does Alternative · accounting cost extra?
No. Alternative · accounting is part of the accounting core rather than a paid add-on, so complete suite is there on the entry tier exactly as it is on the highest one. What the tiers change is reach and depth — devices, multi-branch and multi-warehouse reporting, and whether the conversational AI copilots are switched on.
Can I try Alternative · accounting before committing?
Yes — 14 days, no card. Test alternative · accounting against your own masters and your own transactions rather than sample data: the questions worth answering here are about your business's edge cases, and a demo dataset is built not to have any.
Is anything in Alternative · accounting generated by AI?
None of the figures. Everything desktop, not just cloud produces is computed by tested engines and would be identical with the model switched off — what AI contributes is the sentence around a number and the routing that brings the right one to your attention. Nothing it writes posts to your books without your approval.
Can I get my alternative · accounting data out again?
Yes. On the Desktop edition everything Alternative · accounting records sits in a local database on a disk you choose, with scheduled encrypted backups you control — stopping payment leaves you holding a readable file. On the Cloud edition your data is isolated to your business by row-level security and exportable from the reports it feeds.