Manager.io API
Manager.io ships a REST/JSON API on paid Server and Cloud editions only, self-documenting by browsing /api. Auth is HTTP Basic with the administrator account; no OAuth or API keys. Reads cover most resources, but writes are unsupported for most objects and no webhooks exist.
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Manager.io scores C+ on the API Report Card. Manager.io ships a REST/JSON API on paid Server and Cloud editions only, self-documenting by browsing /api. Auth is HTTP Basic with the administrator account; no OAuth or API keys. Reads cover most resources, but writes are unsupported for most objects and no webhooks exist.
Manager.io has an official API, but teams routinely hit its limits: gated access, partial coverage, or paid tiers. Most end up supplementing it with exports or an unofficial API layer like Supergood.
Manager.io is a cross-platform double-entry accounting application developed by Sydney, Australia-based Manager Software Pty Ltd, founded around 2013.
Vertical: Accounting / Tax / Audit. Sub-vertical: Free desktop and self-hosted SMB accounting for micro-businesses, freelancers, sole proprietors, NGOs/non-profits, and accountants/bookkeepers serving very small clients. Single-user desktop bookkeeping for a sole proprietor or micro-business across one or many businesses in a single install.
Low-to-moderate on absolute scale; high within the 'free desktop accounting' niche.
Business/tenant master data, base currency, fiscal year settings. Chart of accounts and account balances (read-only via API). Customers and suppliers with contact info, default payment terms, balances.
Manager.io is approximately 13 years old (founded around 2013 by Lubos Hanzel in Sydney, Australia).
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.