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Extract the Bahi-Khata ZIP we send you, open the launcher for your computer and click Install. On Windows it sets up everything it needs by itself.

#Download

When you buy Bahi-Khata, we send you a link to Bahi-Khata.zip on WhatsApp or email. It is about 16 MB and holds the app for Windows, Mac and Linux. Want to try it first? Book a free demo.

#Install on Windows

  1. Extract the ZIPRight-click the downloaded file and choose Extract All…, then Extract. Put it somewhere you will remember, such as Documents.
  2. Open the launcherIn the new folder, double-click Bahi-Khata - WINDOWS. Each launcher is named after the computer it is for.
  3. Click InstallA small window opens with one button. Click Install. There is nothing to fill in.
  4. Wait for the browserA black window does the work and closes by itself. It takes one to three minutes the first time. The app then opens in your browser at http://localhost:47371.
The launcher before install, showing one Install button The launcher after install, showing one Open App button
Before install, the launcher shows one button. Afterwards it shows Open App, and everything else is under More options.

#Extract the ZIP before opening anything

Windows lets you double-click a file while you are still looking inside a ZIP. When you do, it copies just that one file to a temporary folder and runs it there, so the rest of the app is not next to it.

The launcher notices this and says Please extract the ZIP first, with a button that opens your Downloads folder. Close it, extract the ZIP, and open the launcher from the extracted folder.

The launcher explaining that the ZIP needs to be extracted first

#"Windows protected your PC"

You may see this blue warning the first time. It appears for software that is not signed with a paid certificate, which is common for small business software. Bahi-Khata is safe to run.

  1. Click More info.
  2. Click Run anyway.

If the file will not open at all, right-click Bahi-Khata - WINDOWS, choose Properties, tick Unblock at the bottom, and click OK.

If your antivirus removes a file during install, add the app's folder to its exclusions and click Install again.

#What the installer does

  • Sets up Node.js inside the app folder, if your PC does not already have it. Node.js is the engine the app runs on. It is downloaded once (about 30 MB) from nodejs.org and kept in _system\node. Nothing is installed into Windows, and no administrator rights are needed.
  • Downloads the app's building blocks from the internet. This is the only other download.
  • Puts a Bahi-Khata shortcut on your Desktop and in the Start menu, with the app's icon.
  • Opens the app in your browser when it is done.

If you already have Node.js, the installer uses yours and leaves it alone.

#Install on a Mac

On a Mac, Node.js has to be installed first. It is free to download.

  1. Install Node.jsDownload the installer from nodejs.org, or if you use Homebrew, run brew install node@20.
  2. Extract the ZIPDouble-click the downloaded ZIP. macOS extracts it next to the download.
  3. Open the launcherIn the folder, open Bahi-Khata - MAC. If macOS says it is from an unidentified developer, right-click it, choose Open, then Open again.
  4. Let it finishA Terminal window sets the app up the first time, then opens it in your browser.

#Install on Linux or a NAS

As on a Mac, install Node.js 18 or newer first, for example sudo apt install nodejs npm. Then:

unzip Bahi-Khata.zip
cd Bahi-Khata
chmod +x "Bahi-Khata - LINUX.sh"
./"Bahi-Khata - LINUX.sh"

The app then runs at http://localhost:47371. To update later from inside the app, the system also needs unzip or python3.

#The first time the app opens

A short welcome asks for your business details and bank or UPI, then offers to set up your invoices for your kind of business. See The first-run setup.

#Opening the app every day

Double-click the Bahi-Khata shortcut on your Desktop, then Open App. The launcher is also where you update, back up, restore, and move to another PC, under More options.

Keep the launcher

It is the one file you need. You never have to download anything again to update; the launcher does it for you.

#Removing the app

Nothing is installed into Windows itself, so removing the app is just deleting it:

  1. Back up your data first if you might want it again. See Export everything to one file.
  2. In the launcher, open More options and click Stop the app.
  3. Delete the app's folder, and the Bahi-Khata shortcuts on the Desktop and in the Start menu.