Help
Help for Huismus 0.1.3. The app has the same help under Help.
First steps
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Getting started
The first time you open Huismus, your records are empty. There are three ways to start: step by step, by importing from Moneybird, or by looking around with sample data first. -
What's new
A new version of Huismus comes out every Wednesday. Here you read, per version, what you can do with it now. The newest is at the top.
Switching
Throughout the year
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Invoices
You make an invoice as a draft first. Only when you issue it does it get a number and become fixed. After that you keep track of what's been paid, and you correct with a credit note. -
Quotes
You make a quote just like an invoice. You send it, keep track of the customer's answer, and turn it into an invoice with one click. -
Mail
You mail an invoice, credit note or quote straight from Huismus, with the PDF attached. You can do that once the invoice or credit note is issued, or the quote is sent. The mail goes through your own Gmail or the mail server of your own domain. No other service sits in between. -
Expenses
Keep track of your costs, with the receipt attached. The year overview then shows your revenue, your costs and what's left. -
Receipts on the road
On the road, take a photo or scan of a receipt and save it in a folder that syncs, such as iCloud Drive or Dropbox. Huismus usually picks it up within a few minutes. At home you make an expense of it in one click, with the receipt already attached. -
KOR and VAT
Huismus works with and without the small business scheme (KOR). If you use the KOR, your invoices carry no VAT. If you do charge VAT, you choose the rate per line. Whether the KOR suits you is not something Huismus tells you: that's your call. -
Backups
Huismus backs up your administration every day, to every place you turn on: a folder, Dropbox or WebDAV. A backup is one file with your invoices, quotes, customers, expenses, receipts and logo. Your mail password and the key for AI assistants are left out on purpose. -
AI assistants
You can let an AI assistant, such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, work with your records. The assistant can then read what's in them, make drafts and, if you approve, issue and mail. You work in the assistant's app. In Huismus you only connect it.
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Installing and updating
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The desktop app
With the desktop app you use Huismus as an ordinary app on your Mac or Windows PC, without a server. Your records then live on your own computer. The app works on macOS 14 or newer with an Apple chip, and on Windows 10 or newer. -
Huismus in Docker
Running Huismus on a Raspberry Pi, a NAS or your own server? Then you use the Docker image. This page covers installing it, where your data lives and how to update to a new version. -
On a VPS
No Raspberry Pi or NAS at home, but you'd still like to use Huismus on your phone, tablet and laptop? Then you can run it on a VPS, a server you rent from a hosting company. With Tailscale, only your own devices can reach it. -
On your phone
Does Huismus run on a server, such as a Raspberry Pi or a NAS? Then you can put it on your phone, tablet or laptop as an app. You don't need an app store for it. You get its own icon and a window without an address bar.