Accounting for Indian businesses
Your books. On this Mac. Nowhere else.
Total is Tally-grade double-entry accounting rebuilt for macOS — GST returns, invoices, stock, banking and payroll, all computed on your machine and saved in a folder you can copy. No cloud account and no internet required for accounting; AI and live filing are strictly opt-in.
14-Aug-26PurchaseBulk Suppliers2,36,000.00
15-Aug-26SalesUmbrella Retail — 2 × Laptop 14″, CGST + SGST computed live1,06,200.00
15-Aug-26ReceiptCash50,000.00
The amber bar is the cursor. ↑ ↓ move, ↵ drills in, Esc backs out — everywhere.
The Gateway — your whole position the moment the books open.
The ledger of features
Everything posts to real double-entry books — every report below is computed from vouchers, so nothing can drift.
| Particulars | What you get | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Action centre | One daily queue for overdue collections, book exceptions, recurring work, low stock and compliance deadlines | included |
| Your workspace | Pin the screens you use, reopen recent work instantly, or jump anywhere with red keyboard mnemonics and Command K | included |
| Vouchers | Contra to credit note, invoice mode with live GST, audit log on every change | included |
| GST returns | GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B on screen, exported as JSON the portal's offline tool accepts | included |
| e-Invoice & e-Way | Offline JSON for the government tools — or live IRN and e-way bill generation with your NIC credentials | included |
| Invoice PDF | GST tax invoice with HSN, tax breakup, amount in words and the double rule | included |
| Stock & manufacturing | Weighted-average valuation, bills of materials, one-screen manufacture vouchers | included |
| Banking | Reconciliation with statement CSV import that matches entries by amount and date | included |
| Payroll | EPF, ESI and professional tax computed to the rupee; payslip PDFs; one balanced posting | included |
| Registers & ageing | Sales and purchase registers, receivable and payable ageing with FIFO bill settlement | included |
| Monthly or quarterly | Switch sales and purchase registers to Indian financial-year quarters, then drill into the exact vouchers | included |
| Prior-year comparisons | Compare profit, margins, stock and balance-sheet totals against the matching period without exporting a sheet | included |
| AI copilot, on your terms | OpenAI or your compatible provider, explicit context sharing, and voucher drafts that require human approval | included |
| Agent-ready books | JSON mirrors and a local MCP server let Claude, Codex and other tools read safely without touching the live database | included |
| Multi-currency | Invoice in USD or EUR at your rate; the books stay in rupees | included |
| Tally import | Bring your masters and vouchers across from Tally's XML export | included |
| Total | free beta · perpetual major-version licences after beta | ₹0 beta |
Proof, not promises
Two screens from the app itself, running on the same demo books as the ledger above.
