Version 1.6.9

Run your freelance business. Keep your data.

Track clients, commissions, payments, expenses and tax summaries in one desktop app. Everything is stored on your own computer, not on someone else’s server.

Download v1.6.9 · Windows, macOS, Linux
All platforms

  • No account
  • No subscription
  • No telemetry
  • Open source, MIT
FCMS Pro
FCMS Pro dashboard with income, balances and due-soon warnings
Video walkthrough

See FCMS Pro in action

Watch creator Roderic Villena walk through every core feature, installation, and client workflow in under 4 minutes.

FCMS Pro — Official Project Walkthrough (3:42)
Roderic Villena
Roderic Villena Freelancer since 2023 · Creator of FCMS Pro
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The app

Everything for your commissions, from inquiry to delivery

One window for the whole freelance client lifecycle.

Dashboard
FCMS Pro dashboard with income, balances and due-soon warnings

Income, balances, overdue items and due-soon warnings at a glance.

Why local-first

Your records, on your machine

Many invoicing tools keep your financial data on the provider’s servers. FCMS Pro does the opposite.

FCMS Pro Local-first

  • All data lives in one SQLite file on your computer
  • No account to create and no monthly fee
  • No telemetry
  • Export everything to a single .json file whenever you like
  • Open source under the MIT license, so you can read the code

Typical subscription tools

  • Your data sits on the company’s servers
  • An account and a recurring fee
  • Access depends on the company staying in business

The trade-offs

  • Backups are your responsibility: there is no cloud copy
  • No cloud sync between computers
  • Uninstalling on Windows also deletes your data folder
  • The app is not code signed, so your OS will show a warning
Features

Every module you need, nothing you don’t

Dashboard

Income, balances, overdue items and due-soon warnings at a glance.

Clients

Profiles with what each client owes and has paid, their commission history, and file attachments such as signed contracts.

Commissions

Full lifecycle tracking with instant filtering by status, search, and due-date visibility.

Recurring work

Repeat commissions weekly, biweekly or monthly, and recurring expenses like subscriptions.

Client attachments

Keep contracts, briefs, reference photos, and assets organized directly under each client.

Income & payments

Recording a payment reduces the balance automatically. Refund to undo it and restore the balance.

Tax summary PDF

Generate clean, professional annual or quarterly tax summaries formatted for accounting with QuestPDF.

Expenses

Log expenses by category and track net profit: income minus expenses.

Goals

Set monthly or yearly income and expense targets and see how you’re tracking.

Analytics

Visual breakdowns of revenue, payment status distribution, and commission trends over time.

Global search

Press / to search across clients, commissions, income, and expenses.

Keyboard shortcuts

Jump to any section with g sequences or create records with n sequences without touching the mouse.

Light & dark themes

Carefully tuned high-contrast dark and light modes, switchable instantly or synced to system preference.

Trash & recovery

Soft delete means a client, commission, or expense you remove by accident isn’t gone for good.

Backup

Manual export and import, plus automatic local backups with a configurable retention count.

Logs

A read-only audit history of records created, updated and deleted, and backups.

Getting started

Three steps to your first commission

  1. Download

    Pick the installer for your system from the download page. Your OS will warn that the app is unsigned; here is why and what to do.

  2. Install

    Run the Windows installer, open the macOS .dmg, or install the Linux .deb or run the AppImage. No account is needed at any point.

  3. Set up

    A short first-run flow:

    1. Welcome
    2. Terms & data handling
    3. Where your data lives
    4. Quick start guide
    5. Ready
Keyboard-first

Get around without the mouse

Shortcuts are switched off while you’re typing in a text field. Two-key shortcuts need the second key within about a second.

Search everything/
Collapse or expand the sidebar[
Go to Dashboardg then d
Go to Analyticsg then a
Go to Clientsg then c
Go to Commissionsg then w
Go to Income (Payments)g then p
Go to Expensesg then e
Go to Goalsg then g
Go to Backupg then b
Go to Logsg then l
Go to Settingsg then s
New clientn then c
New commissionn then w
New paymentn then p
New expensen then e
Always current

Updates arrive on their own

FCMS Pro checks for a newer version when it starts and offers to install it. This page always shows the latest release.

v1.6.9
What’s new
  • Fixed opaque dark bounding box on the FCMS Pro wordmark logo in the Welcome / Onboarding window by converting logo-wordmark.png to a transparent RGBA asset.
  • Fixed Windows taskbar icon binding by explicitly declaring AppUserModelID in Program.cs and installer shortcuts, and binding WindowIcon across window constructors.

Windows .exe · 36.0 MB macOS .dmg · 47.0 MB Linux .deb · 35.8 MB AppImage 44.8 MB
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Security & trust

FCMS Pro is not code signed, because that needs a paid certificate. Windows SmartScreen and macOS Gatekeeper warn about unsigned apps. That is expected, as long as you downloaded it from this site or the project’s GitHub Releases page.

Windows: click More info, then Run anyway.
macOS 14 or earlier: right-click the app, choose Open, then confirm.
macOS 15 or newer: try to open it once, then use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.

Verify your download Compare the file’s SHA-256 with the value on the download page (also published as SHA256SUMS.txt with each release). It confirms the file matches what was published. 
Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 .\FcmsPro-Setup-1.6.9.exe
shasum -a 256 FcmsPro-1.6.9-arm64.dmg

On Linux use sha256sum the same way. FCMS Pro has no telemetry, and the full source code is on GitHub.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Where is my data stored?

In a single SQLite file on your own computer: %APPDATA%\FcmsPro on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/FcmsPro on macOS, and ~/.local/share/FcmsPro on Linux. There is no server, no account and no telemetry. The first-run setup also shows you this folder.

How do I back up?

Open Backup and choose Export. It saves your clients, commissions, payments, expenses and more to a single .json file. Import restores it, either merging with or replacing what is there. FCMS Pro also keeps automatic local backups with a retention count you can configure.

Those automatic backups live on the same computer, so keep an export somewhere else too. There is no cloud copy to fall back on. Everything is stored locally on your machine with zero cloud dependency.

Will my data survive updates?

Your database is kept in your user data folder, separate from the program files, so installing a new version doesn’t replace it. When a new version changes how data is stored, the app applies those database migrations automatically on launch. It is still good practice to export a backup before you update.

Uninstalling is different: on Windows the uninstaller also deletes the %APPDATA%\FcmsPro data folder, so export a backup first if you want to keep your records.

Why does my system show a security warning?

The app is not code signed, because that needs a paid certificate. See Security & trust for the steps on Windows and macOS.

How do I verify my download?

Run Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell on Windows, or shasum -a 256 on macOS or sha256sum on Linux, and compare the result with the SHA-256 on the download page.

Which systems are supported?

Windows (64-bit installer), macOS on Apple Silicon (macOS 11 or newer), and Linux x64 as a .deb or .AppImage. There is no Intel Mac build and no native ARM build for Windows or Linux yet. If you need one, open a request.

How do updates work?

FCMS Pro checks GitHub for a newer version when it starts and offers to install it. You can always download the newest installer from the download page, and the full history is in the changelog.

I found a bug or want a feature.

Please use GitHub Issues. You can also reach the author on Messenger.

Ready to take your records back?

FCMS Pro is free, privacy-first and open source. If it saves you time, you can help fund future development.

Download FCMS Pro Support on Ko-fi