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Hi HN,<p>I’m Tanin. For about four years, I worked on the Revenue Recognition and Analytics teams at Stripe. Today, I&#x27;m open-sourcing Book of Revenue, a self-hosted revenue engine and drop-in alternative to Stripe Revenue Recognition (with optional support for Metronome).<p>### The Problem:<p>Most founders track MRR or cash collected in Stripe and assume that reflects revenue. But cash collected isn&#x27;t revenue, and MRR isn&#x27;t an accounting metric. Once you hit scale, raise institutional capital, or prep for an audit, ASC 606 &#x2F; IFRS 15 rules kick in:<p>- Annual upfront subscriptions must be amortized monthly as deferred revenue.<p>- Mid-cycle upgrades, prorations, usage overages, refunds, and disputes quickly turn into messy manual spreadsheets.<p>- Finance and engineering end up arguing because Stripe dashboard numbers never match QuickBooks or NetSuite during month-end close.<p>### What Book of Revenue Does:<p>- Automated Revenue Recognition: Computes GAAP&#x2F;IFRS-compliant revenue schedules from your Stripe billing and payment events out of the box.<p>- Unified Financial Truth: Aligns founder analytics with your accountant’s ledger so both sides look at the exact same numbers.<p>- Full Data Ownership: Self-hosted with no vendor lock-in. You retain complete custody of your customer financial records and intermediate data models.<p>### Looking for Early Users:<p>I’m looking for early design partners—particularly companies processing over $100k in annual volume who dread month-end reconciliations.<p>I&#x27;m offering free hands-on deployment and a complimentary audit of your current Stripe&#x2F;Metronome billing architecture. If you’d like to test it out, drop a comment below or email me directly at tanin@bookofrevenue.com.<p>Website: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bookofrevenue.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bookofrevenue.com</a><p>GitHub: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;tanin47&#x2F;book-of-revenue" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;tanin47&#x2F;book-of-revenue</a>

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  • 发布时间：2026/9/19 02:21:06