Your questions answered.

Yes. Every feature is free, with no plans, no trial and no account. Righto v1 is free, and made just for you.

There is no ad business and no data business. Righto never sees your books, so there is nothing to sell. Righto v1 is free, and made just for you.

Not at first. The first release is closed source, and we have not promised either way for later.

Righto is a Mac app. We will publish the minimum macOS version before launch.

Yes. Righto is signed with our Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple, which means Apple scanned it for malware before you download it. macOS checks this when you open it, so Righto opens without a warning.

Now. Righto is free for Mac: get it from the download page.

In one encrypted file on your Mac, one file per business. Righto has no server, so your books never leave your computer unless you copy the file somewhere yourself.

Yes. The app does not need a connection to do your books.

Use your recovery key. Righto gives it to you when you make the business, and it unlocks the file just like the password. We keep no copy, so if you lose both, nobody can open the file. You can also let your Mac remember the password in Keychain. See your business file, password and recovery key.

Copy the file. Time Machine, a USB drive or another Mac all work. Righto does not make backups for you, so set up the habit that suits you.

Yes. The file is yours, and you can export every report to PDF and CSV at any time. There is no account to close and nothing to cancel.

Yes. Settings, then Data, exports every record as CSV and JSON, plus your attachments. Your data is yours, and we will not stand in the way. See year-end package and full export.

Not directly. Download a statement from your bank (CSV, OFX, QFX or PDF) and import it. Righto shows every row before anything touches your books, and your rules sort the rest.

Yes. Righto starts fresh on a date you choose and brings over your chart of accounts, customers, vendors, balances and open bills and invoices. It does not copy your full transaction history, so keep your old reports. The switching guide walks through it.

The cash basis. Income counts when the money comes in, and an expense counts when it goes out. See how the cash basis works.

Not in v1. You can record what customers owe you and record payroll entries, but Righto does not send invoices or pay people. See what Righto does not do.

Up to three on one Mac. Each business is its own file with its own password, which suits bookkeepers with a few clients too.

US dollars only, for now.

No. Instead, you can connect your own agent, such as Claude Code or Codex, through the Righto command line or MCP.

Whatever you allow for that business: Read only, Propose changes or Full access. Every change is recorded and can be undone. See agent access.

Yes. Righto for AI agents lists what an agent can do, the setup commands and the facts, and it is also plain Markdown at /agents.md. This FAQ is at /faq.md, and /llms.txt lists everything.

Only what your agent reads, and only because you connected it. That goes to the agent's provider under their terms. Righto itself sends nothing anywhere.

Yes. Righto keeps real double-entry books and makes the standard reports: profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow, general ledger and trial balance. At year end it bundles every report and receipt into one folder you can hand over. See year-end package.

No. It keeps your records and makes reports, and it can remind you of federal estimated tax dates. It does not prepare or file tax returns or give tax advice.