An Output Books alternative, offline
Offline GST billing and accounting with inventory and AI — LekhaPro is an alternative to Output Books for Indian shops and businesses, with data kept locally.
Live product UI — sample data.
Billing + books
GST invoices posting to a real double-entry ledger with returns.
Inventory & POS
Live stock, barcode POS and thermal receipts.
Offline & AI
Runs offline with local data, plus deterministic AI insights.
What this actually means in practice
For a trading business the invoice is only half the record; the other half is what left the godown. Buyers in this category want billing that is quick, stock that falls accurately with each bill, purchase entry that sets landed cost, and a margin figure they can believe. Add GST returns that agree with the sales register, and the ability to keep working when the shop's connection drops, and the requirement list is essentially complete.
Migration follows the usual shape. Item masters with HSN codes and rates, customers, suppliers, opening stock quantities and party balances all import; sales and purchase history does not, since no automated import from Output Books or any other billing package has been built. A stock count on the changeover date is unavoidable if you want honest valuation afterwards. Choose a month, quarter or year start, and keep the previous tool available for reference.
What LekhaPro adds around the billing is the inventory and ledger machinery: weighted-average or FIFO valuation, reservation on orders, barcode POS with thermal receipts, COGS posted on every sale, and GSTR-1, 3B and 2B reconciliation drawn from those same entries — all offline, with encrypted local backups. Output Books is a capable billing product with its own user base; the honest test is whether stock and books, rather than documents, are where your gaps are.
| What to check before switching | How LekhaPro answers it |
|---|---|
| Does stock fall automatically when a bill is saved? | Yes — quantity moves and COGS posts in the same transaction, so margin is computed, not estimated. |
| Which valuation methods are supported? | Weighted average or FIFO, chosen per company and applied consistently across purchases, sales and returns. |
| Can I hold stock across more than one godown? | Yes — multi-godown balances with transfers, and availability visible while you are billing. |
| Will GST returns agree with my sales register? | Both come from the same posted entries; an error catcher flags place-of-supply, HSN, rate and duplicate issues. |
| What is imported from my current tool? | Items, parties, rates, opening stock and outstanding balances — not past sales or purchase documents. |
| Does everything keep running without internet? | Yes — the Desktop edition is fully offline; only licensing, updates and AI need a connection. |
| Can I get my data out later? | Yes — Excel, PDF and Tally XML exports, plus encrypted local backup files you control. |
What’s included
- GST invoicing & returns
- Inventory & COGS
- Barcode POS & thermal receipts
- Double-entry accounting
- Deterministic AI insights
- Encrypted local backups
- Offline-first
What it does not do
- · No automated import of past sales or purchases; opening stock has to be counted and keyed in at cut-over.
- · Payroll and HR are not part of the product — staff costs are recorded as ordinary expenses.
- · Desktop edition is Windows-only; the Cloud edition covers other platforms through the browser.
- · Live GST filing, e-invoice and e-way bill actions require your own GST Suvidha Provider credentials.
Frequently asked
Is LekhaPro a good Output Books alternative?
Yes for businesses wanting offline billing plus full accounting, inventory and AI, and local data.
Is it offline?
Yes — everything runs on your machine.
Are the invoices GST-correct?
Yes — GST is computed by construction and posts to your books.
Can I switch without closing the shop for a day?
Yes, if you count stock in stages. Many traders count fast-moving lines the evening before, start billing on LekhaPro the next morning, and enter slower-moving stock over the following week as those items are sold or purchased. The valuation settles within a fortnight, and the only firm requirement is that the cut-over date itself does not move.
What if I decide the change was wrong?
You keep the ability to leave. Your books sit in a local database with encrypted backups you hold, and exports run to Excel, PDF and Tally XML at any time, so nothing is locked in a format only we can read. The fourteen-day trial needs no card, which means the evaluation itself costs nothing but your time.
What exactly is included in Alternative · billing?
GST invoicing & returns, inventory & COGS, barcode POS & thermal receipts, double-entry accounting, deterministic AI insights 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 · billing handled differently here?
It rests on billing + books, inventory & POS and offline & AI. 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.
Does Alternative · billing cost extra?
No. Alternative · billing is part of the accounting core rather than a paid add-on, so inventory & POS 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 · billing before committing?
Yes — 14 days, no card. Test alternative · billing 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 · billing generated by AI?
None of the figures. Everything billing + books 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.