Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted
the IRS recently open sourced most of Direct File, a tax tool it has been working on for a few years now. unfortunately, due to recent events, the IRS isn't working on it anymore. I decided to pick up where they left off and I'm trying to get it ready for next tax season the work behind Direct File is really interesting and I made a lot of it available online to read as well - https://docs.openfile.tax/en/latest/
This is a self-hosted continuation of the IRS's Direct File tax filing tool, which the agency open-sourced after discontinuing development. A developer picked up the project to prepare it for the upcoming tax season… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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File your federal taxes directly with the IRS, for free
2024 · its alternatives →
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Tax filing web application. Contribute to thegrims/UsTaxes development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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MainStreet▲540Founders: You're owed $50K. Get it back in 20 minutes 🤝
2020 · mainstreet.com · its alternatives →
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I wanted to share a simple web app I created recently, which lets you estimate income taxes owed in the US: https://taxsim.app All the calculations occur directly in the browser, and are powered by a Fortran program that has been converted to WASM using emscripten. This calculator was originally developed in the 1970s [1] by the non-profit National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER has been maintaining this F77 codebase for the last 50 years, and uses it primarily for academic research on tax policy. The Fortran source code itself is over 1MB of text, because it codifies both…
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2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Extremely simple, self-hosted expense tracker with a beautiful UI. - Tanq16/ExpenseOwl
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Let us handle your taxes so you can focus on building
2024 · its alternatives →
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Add me to your Slack and I'll get your taxes filed for you!
2017 · its alternatives →
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Taxfyle 2.0▲189Stop doing your taxes, leave it to the professionals.
2017 · taxfyle.com · its alternatives →
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Login to File Income Tax Returns (ITR) for FY 2025-26 (AY 2026-27) online. ClearTax is fast, safe and easy for ITR E-Filing. ClearTax handles all cases of Income from Salary, Interest Income, Capital Gains, House Property, Business and Profession. Maximize your tax savings by handling all deductions
2011 · cleartax.in · its alternatives →
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Extend your US startup's IRS tax deadline by 6 months
2023 · inkle.ai · its alternatives →
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Expensent▲101Automatically forwards invoices to your accountant
Dec 2025 · expensent.com · its alternatives →
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TaxJar▲78Automate your sales tax calculations, reporting, and filings
2019 · taxjar.grsm.io · its alternatives →
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Extend your startup’s corporate tax deadline (7/15) to 10/15
2020 · fondo.com · its alternatives →
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As I couldn't find a proper web based open source tool that could help me with my bookkeeping, I spend a week to built one myself. It's based on laravel and provides revenue, expenses, travel allowance and depreciation sections. Everything is then merged to an annual statement, that can be exported as a pdf and used for tax filing. It's far away from perfect (no tests yet), but I would be happy to hear what you think about it and maybe find someone to join in.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · opensourcetaxes.com · its alternatives →
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