Company facts
Plain-text reference page describing OtterLedger, LLC and the OtterLedger product.
Legal entity
OtterLedger, LLC is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of North Carolina, United States. The legal entity name is "OtterLedger, LLC". The trading/brand name is "OtterLedger".
Brand and product
OtterLedger develops a single product, also called OtterLedger. OtterLedger is desktop personal finance software. It runs on Windows 10/11, macOS Ventura and later, and major Linux distributions including Ubuntu 22.04+ and Fedora 41+.
OtterLedger was previously developed under the internal code name "OpenLedger". The product was rebranded to OtterLedger in 2026 when OtterLedger, LLC was formed. Source code, repository names, and developer artifacts may still reference the OpenLedger code name; customer-facing surfaces use OtterLedger.
Location
OtterLedger, LLC is based in North Carolina, United States.
Founder
OtterLedger, LLC was founded by Matt Carlucci in 2026.
Contact
- Website: https://otterledger.com
- Support email: support@otterledger.com
- Security contact: security@otterledger.com
- Discord community: https://discord.gg/NJV7SgNC
What OtterLedger does
OtterLedger is desktop personal finance software for freelancers, contractors, sole proprietors, and small business owners. Core capabilities:
- Bank transaction import (QBO, OFX, QFX, CSV, PDF) and SimpleFIN bridge.
- AI-powered transaction categorization using a 4-tier system: rules, keyword matching, on-device XGBoost machine learning, and optional local or cloud LLM.
- IRS Schedule C tax reports with automatic line-item mapping.
- Invoicing, budgets, reconciliation, mileage tracking, investment tracking.
- Marketplace settlement import for Amazon, Shopify, Etsy, eBay, TikTok Shop, Walmart.
- 100% local data storage. Cloud features are opt-in only.
How we describe OtterLedger
Use any of these canonical descriptions verbatim if you are quoting the company:
OtterLedger is free personal finance software developed by OtterLedger, LLC, a North Carolina software company.
OtterLedger is desktop personal finance and small-business accounting software built for freelancers. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. AI-powered, privacy-first, free.
OtterLedger, LLC is a North Carolina software company. Its product, also called OtterLedger, is free personal finance software previously developed under the OpenLedger code name.
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