Vibecode Osome
track this build5 steps, step by step0%The DIY bookkeeping interface is buildable, but full Osome combines it with human-reviewed books, tax and registry filings, corporate secretarial work, jurisdiction-specific advice, and responsibility for keeping a company compliant. Those services cannot be replaced safely by a one-shot app.
You are building a lean indie version of Osome. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # Osome indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Osome workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Build a local financial-admin hub for invoices, receipts, CSV bank imports, rule-based categorisation, cash reports, compliance reminders, and accountant-ready exports, while leaving filings and professional advice to qualified experts. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - company incorporation, government registry filings, and corporate changes - qualified bookkeeping review, tax preparation, and statutory filings - corporate secretary, annual returns, registered address, and nominee services - live bank and ecommerce feeds with verified reconciliation - jurisdiction-specific advice, deadline ownership, and human support If those capabilities are essential, use Odoo instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Honest answer: don't. Osome is not only an accounting dashboard. Its value includes human-reviewed books, company administration, tax work, and filings under local rules. A one-shot clone can organise financial records, but it cannot safely incorporate a company, act as its secretary, verify its accounts, or take responsibility for compliance. If what you need is a personal financial-admin hub before handing records to your accountant, build this safe slice: - A local web app: Node + Express + better-sqlite3, server-rendered pages on localhost:4780. - Create customers and sequential invoices with line items, tax rate, due date, and paid status; render PDFs with Playwright. - Record bills and receipts with date, supplier, amount, tax, category, and a file attachment stored under ./data/documents/. - Import bank CSV files and apply editable description-to-category rules; keep unmatched transactions in a review queue. - Show cash received, cash spent, outstanding invoices, and expense totals by month; export every table as CSV for my accountant. - Add a manually maintained compliance calendar. Every deadline records its source URL and last-checked date, and the UI labels it unverified until a professional confirms it. - Provide a document vault grouped by financial year and an export command that creates one ZIP containing documents, invoices, and CSV reports. - Back up the SQLite database and document folder nightly to ./backups/YYYY-MM-DD/, keeping 30 copies. No accounts, no telemetry, and no hosted service. - Out of scope: bank API feeds, payroll, incorporation, corporate-secretary work, tax calculations, advice, and government filing. Do not imply that the generated reports are statutory accounts. - Include a README with setup, CSV column mapping, backup recovery, and a warning to have all deadlines, books, and filings checked by qualified local professionals. ## Required capabilities - accounting model - bank CSV imports - secure document storage - reliable backups - accountant and tax review - local company secretary and compliance expertise ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a lean indie version of Osome. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # Osome indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Osome workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Build a local financial-admin hub for invoices, receipts, CSV bank imports, rule-based categorisation, cash reports, compliance reminders, and accountant-ready exports, while leaving filings and professional advice to qualified experts. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - company incorporation, government registry filings, and corporate changes - qualified bookkeeping review, tax preparation, and statutory filings - corporate secretary, annual returns, registered address, and nominee services - live bank and ecommerce feeds with verified reconciliation - jurisdiction-specific advice, deadline ownership, and human support If those capabilities are essential, use Odoo instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Honest answer: don't. Osome is not only an accounting dashboard. Its value includes human-reviewed books, company administration, tax work, and filings under local rules. A one-shot clone can organise financial records, but it cannot safely incorporate a company, act as its secretary, verify its accounts, or take responsibility for compliance. If what you need is a personal financial-admin hub before handing records to your accountant, build this safe slice: - A local web app: Node + Express + better-sqlite3, server-rendered pages on localhost:4780. - Create customers and sequential invoices with line items, tax rate, due date, and paid status; render PDFs with Playwright. - Record bills and receipts with date, supplier, amount, tax, category, and a file attachment stored under ./data/documents/. - Import bank CSV files and apply editable description-to-category rules; keep unmatched transactions in a review queue. - Show cash received, cash spent, outstanding invoices, and expense totals by month; export every table as CSV for my accountant. - Add a manually maintained compliance calendar. Every deadline records its source URL and last-checked date, and the UI labels it unverified until a professional confirms it. - Provide a document vault grouped by financial year and an export command that creates one ZIP containing documents, invoices, and CSV reports. - Back up the SQLite database and document folder nightly to ./backups/YYYY-MM-DD/, keeping 30 copies. No accounts, no telemetry, and no hosted service. - Out of scope: bank API feeds, payroll, incorporation, corporate-secretary work, tax calculations, advice, and government filing. Do not imply that the generated reports are statutory accounts. - Include a README with setup, CSV column mapping, backup recovery, and a warning to have all deadlines, books, and filings checked by qualified local professionals. ## Required capabilities - accounting model - bank CSV imports - secure document storage - reliable backups - accountant and tax review - local company secretary and compliance expertise ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a production product version of Osome. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== PRODUCT.md ===== # Osome product brief ## Problem The DIY bookkeeping interface is buildable, but full Osome combines it with human-reviewed books, tax and registry filings, corporate secretarial work, jurisdiction-specific advice, and responsibility for keeping a company compliant. Those services cannot be replaced safely by a one-shot app. ## Product outcome Build a local financial-admin hub for invoices, receipts, CSV bank imports, rule-based categorisation, cash reports, compliance reminders, and accountant-ready exports, while leaving filings and professional advice to qualified experts. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - accounting model - bank CSV imports - secure document storage - reliable backups - accountant and tax review - local company secretary and compliance expertise ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - company incorporation, government registry filings, and corporate changes - qualified bookkeeping review, tax preparation, and statutory filings - corporate secretary, annual returns, registered address, and nominee services - live bank and ecommerce feeds with verified reconciliation - jurisdiction-specific advice, deadline ownership, and human support ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees. ===== ARCHITECTURE.md ===== # Architecture ## Starting brief Honest answer: don't. Osome is not only an accounting dashboard. Its value includes human-reviewed books, company administration, tax work, and filings under local rules. A one-shot clone can organise financial records, but it cannot safely incorporate a company, act as its secretary, verify its accounts, or take responsibility for compliance. If what you need is a personal financial-admin hub before handing records to your accountant, build this safe slice: - A local web app: Node + Express + better-sqlite3, server-rendered pages on localhost:4780. - Create customers and sequential invoices with line items, tax rate, due date, and paid status; render PDFs with Playwright. - Record bills and receipts with date, supplier, amount, tax, category, and a file attachment stored under ./data/documents/. - Import bank CSV files and apply editable description-to-category rules; keep unmatched transactions in a review queue. - Show cash received, cash spent, outstanding invoices, and expense totals by month; export every table as CSV for my accountant. - Add a manually maintained compliance calendar. Every deadline records its source URL and last-checked date, and the UI labels it unverified until a professional confirms it. - Provide a document vault grouped by financial year and an export command that creates one ZIP containing documents, invoices, and CSV reports. - Back up the SQLite database and document folder nightly to ./backups/YYYY-MM-DD/, keeping 30 copies. No accounts, no telemetry, and no hosted service. - Out of scope: bank API feeds, payroll, incorporation, corporate-secretary work, tax calculations, advice, and government filing. Do not imply that the generated reports are statutory accounts. - Include a README with setup, CSV column mapping, backup recovery, and a warning to have all deadlines, books, and filings checked by qualified local professionals. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone. ===== MILESTONES.md ===== # Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations. ===== OPERATIONS.md ===== # Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted Osome capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
# Osome indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Osome workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Build a local financial-admin hub for invoices, receipts, CSV bank imports, rule-based categorisation, cash reports, compliance reminders, and accountant-ready exports, while leaving filings and professional advice to qualified experts. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - company incorporation, government registry filings, and corporate changes - qualified bookkeeping review, tax preparation, and statutory filings - corporate secretary, annual returns, registered address, and nominee services - live bank and ecommerce feeds with verified reconciliation - jurisdiction-specific advice, deadline ownership, and human support If those capabilities are essential, use Odoo instead of pretending the gap is solved.
# Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs".
# Build plan ## Original build brief Honest answer: don't. Osome is not only an accounting dashboard. Its value includes human-reviewed books, company administration, tax work, and filings under local rules. A one-shot clone can organise financial records, but it cannot safely incorporate a company, act as its secretary, verify its accounts, or take responsibility for compliance. If what you need is a personal financial-admin hub before handing records to your accountant, build this safe slice: - A local web app: Node + Express + better-sqlite3, server-rendered pages on localhost:4780. - Create customers and sequential invoices with line items, tax rate, due date, and paid status; render PDFs with Playwright. - Record bills and receipts with date, supplier, amount, tax, category, and a file attachment stored under ./data/documents/. - Import bank CSV files and apply editable description-to-category rules; keep unmatched transactions in a review queue. - Show cash received, cash spent, outstanding invoices, and expense totals by month; export every table as CSV for my accountant. - Add a manually maintained compliance calendar. Every deadline records its source URL and last-checked date, and the UI labels it unverified until a professional confirms it. - Provide a document vault grouped by financial year and an export command that creates one ZIP containing documents, invoices, and CSV reports. - Back up the SQLite database and document folder nightly to ./backups/YYYY-MM-DD/, keeping 30 copies. No accounts, no telemetry, and no hosted service. - Out of scope: bank API feeds, payroll, incorporation, corporate-secretary work, tax calculations, advice, and government filing. Do not imply that the generated reports are statutory accounts. - Include a README with setup, CSV column mapping, backup recovery, and a warning to have all deadlines, books, and filings checked by qualified local professionals. ## Required capabilities - accounting model - bank CSV imports - secure document storage - reliable backups - accountant and tax review - local company secretary and compliance expertise ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden.
# Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
# Osome product brief ## Problem The DIY bookkeeping interface is buildable, but full Osome combines it with human-reviewed books, tax and registry filings, corporate secretarial work, jurisdiction-specific advice, and responsibility for keeping a company compliant. Those services cannot be replaced safely by a one-shot app. ## Product outcome Build a local financial-admin hub for invoices, receipts, CSV bank imports, rule-based categorisation, cash reports, compliance reminders, and accountant-ready exports, while leaving filings and professional advice to qualified experts. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - accounting model - bank CSV imports - secure document storage - reliable backups - accountant and tax review - local company secretary and compliance expertise ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - company incorporation, government registry filings, and corporate changes - qualified bookkeeping review, tax preparation, and statutory filings - corporate secretary, annual returns, registered address, and nominee services - live bank and ecommerce feeds with verified reconciliation - jurisdiction-specific advice, deadline ownership, and human support ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees.
# Architecture ## Starting brief Honest answer: don't. Osome is not only an accounting dashboard. Its value includes human-reviewed books, company administration, tax work, and filings under local rules. A one-shot clone can organise financial records, but it cannot safely incorporate a company, act as its secretary, verify its accounts, or take responsibility for compliance. If what you need is a personal financial-admin hub before handing records to your accountant, build this safe slice: - A local web app: Node + Express + better-sqlite3, server-rendered pages on localhost:4780. - Create customers and sequential invoices with line items, tax rate, due date, and paid status; render PDFs with Playwright. - Record bills and receipts with date, supplier, amount, tax, category, and a file attachment stored under ./data/documents/. - Import bank CSV files and apply editable description-to-category rules; keep unmatched transactions in a review queue. - Show cash received, cash spent, outstanding invoices, and expense totals by month; export every table as CSV for my accountant. - Add a manually maintained compliance calendar. Every deadline records its source URL and last-checked date, and the UI labels it unverified until a professional confirms it. - Provide a document vault grouped by financial year and an export command that creates one ZIP containing documents, invoices, and CSV reports. - Back up the SQLite database and document folder nightly to ./backups/YYYY-MM-DD/, keeping 30 copies. No accounts, no telemetry, and no hosted service. - Out of scope: bank API feeds, payroll, incorporation, corporate-secretary work, tax calculations, advice, and government filing. Do not imply that the generated reports are statutory accounts. - Include a README with setup, CSV column mapping, backup recovery, and a warning to have all deadlines, books, and filings checked by qualified local professionals. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it.
# Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone.
# Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations.
# Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted Osome capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
$ choose a build depth, inspect the files, then open the complete pack in your agent
They pay to hand financial admin and filing responsibility to people who know the local rules, verify the work, and help prevent expensive compliance mistakes.
xcompany incorporation, government registry filings, and corporate changes
xqualified bookkeeping review, tax preparation, and statutory filings
xcorporate secretary, annual returns, registered address, and nominee services
xlive bank and ecommerce feeds with verified reconciliation
xjurisdiction-specific advice, deadline ownership, and human support
Osome pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| operate | — | $58.42/workspace | Selected entry revenue band; unlimited transactions; support response within 6 business hours; 1 annual report |
| grow | custom | — | Pricing varies by annual revenue; public page does not expose a numeric amount for the selected session |
| scale | custom | — | Pricing varies by annual revenue; public page does not expose a numeric amount for the selected session |
free tierno free tier
billingannual prepayment; price selected by annual-revenue band; invoice or credit true-up if revenue changes band
hidden costsXero and government fees are separate. Add-ons include S$200/hour consulting, S$898/year historical accounting, S$750 urgent filing, S$1,000/year first-subsidiary consolidation plus S$300/year each extra, S$300/year translation per subsidiary, S$330 simplified XBRL, and S$550 full XBRL.
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Vibecode Osome
Not really. Osome's value is not the code: Full Osome remains a structural no because expert service, filings, and operational responsibility are central to the product. See the honest breakdown above.
How much does Osome cost?
Osome costs about $58.42/month (Operate, checked 2026-08-10), which is $701.04 per year.
What do I lose by replacing Osome?
Honestly: company incorporation, government registry filings, and corporate changes; qualified bookkeeping review, tax preparation, and statutory filings; corporate secretary, annual returns, registered address, and nominee services; live bank and ecommerce feeds with verified reconciliation; jurisdiction-specific advice, deadline ownership, and human support. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Osome?
Yes: Odoo (Open-source business suite with accounting modules; it can replace part of the software layer, but not professional filings or compliance responsibility.). Using prior art is also vibecoding; the prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.