Canopys / self-hosted system
Private System · Early Access

An all-in-one financial server for early-stage founders.

Most accounting software forces you to pay $50–$200 every month just to hand over your bank statements, client invoices, and profit margins to a third-party cloud.

Canopys is different: It is an embedded, self-contained system that runs on your own server or hardware. You keep total ownership of your financial records, run bank reconciliation locally, and manage your money without recurring SaaS fees.

The Problem

Why run your own financial system?

1. Financial Data Sovereignty

Your cash flow, bank account balance, customer invoices, and payroll are the most sensitive pieces of data your business owns. Cloud accounting providers monetize this data or expose it to third-party data breaches. Canopys keeps everything stored locally on your own storage.

2. No Subscription Taxes

When starting a business, every dollar of monthly burn counts. Big accounting tools charge per-seat fees that climb every year. With Canopys, you deploy the software once on a cheap $5/month VPS or a spare office mini-PC. No recurring software subscriptions.

3. Intelligent Extraction, Private by Default

Instead of manually typing every receipt and invoice into spreadsheets, Canopys connects to Claude reasoning models to categorize messy receipts and bank CSVs. Sensitive personal names and account numbers are scrubbed on your server before any analysis takes place.

4. Single-Binary Embedded Stack

No complex multi-service setup. The entire system—database, web UI, reconciliation worker, and export tools—comes packaged as a single self-contained application that boots in seconds.

Workflow

How founders use Canopys day-to-day

STEP 01

Deploy on your private host

Run the container or binary on your own Linux server, VPS, or local office machine. Point your browser to your private IP or domain. Setup takes less than 3 minutes.

STEP 02

Drop in bank statements & invoices

Upload PDF statements from your bank (BCA, Mandiri, regional accounts, or international wire CSVs). Canopys parses each line item, checks them against invoices, and organizes your ledger automatically.

STEP 03

Clear view of runway & tax reports

Get an honest overview of your cash runway, monthly burn rate, and profit/loss statements. Export clean reports whenever you need to file taxes or report to investors.

Specifications

Technical specifications

Deployment Target Linux (x86_64 / ARM64), Docker, Podman, or Bare-Metal
Resource Footprint < 150 MB RAM at idle (runs on $5/mo VPS or Raspberry Pi)
Database Engine Embedded SQLite with WAL mode & automated AES-256 backup
Data Redaction Local regex & PII masking before external LLM reasoning
Data Portability Zero lock-in. Full JSON, CSV, and SQLite database export anytime

Contact & Access

Built by founders, for founders.

We are currently sharing early server builds with founders who want an independent, private setup for their finances. If you're building a new venture and want to avoid bloated accounting tools, feel free to reach out directly.

Ferdian

Creator of Canopys

Direct Email: ferdian@canopys.biz.id
Domain: canopys.biz.id