Mac bookkeeping · view-only · free
ZecBooks
Bookkeeping for shielded Zcash
Cannot spend · Books stay on your Mac · Free download
For people who want private Zcash and still keep honest books for their accountant. Import a view-only key, classify your books on your Mac, then send only the rows they need — without handing over your wallet.
Not a wallet. This app cannot spend ZEC. Never paste recovery words (a seed phrase).
The problem
Privacy is not a tax dodge. Most people who use shielded Zcash are trying to live and do business without putting everything on a public ledger — and they still need clean books for tax season. Handing your accountant your wallet is the wrong answer.
The solution
View-only bookkeeping on your Mac. A view-only key can see your shielded activity but cannot spend. You classify income and expenses like any other books.
What your accountant gets
A locked tax package of the rows you choose (we call that a proof pack). It expires. It does not include your keys or the rest of your books.
Watch
From “I need books” to “here’s your package”
See the path: private books on your Mac, then a locked file for your accountant — without giving up spend control.
About 48 seconds. Problem → books on your Mac → locked tax package for your accountant.
How it works
Three steps to hand over the books
ZecBooks is bookkeeping for shielded Zcash — not a wallet. It never holds a spend key.
Import a view-only key
From Zashi or Zodl, export a key that can see your shielded transactions but cannot spend them. Paste it into ZecBooks. Recovery words are refused.
Keep the books
Your activity syncs into a private ledger on this Mac. Mark income, change, expense, and fees. Add tags and notes the way you would in any bookkeeping app.
Send a tax package
Pick the rows for the tax year (or engagement), set an expiry, and export a locked file. Your accountant opens that file in ZecBooks — they never get your keys or your full books.
Product
What you keep vs what you send
You keep the books and the view-only key on your Mac. Your accountant gets a locked file of selected rows — enough to review, not enough to move funds.
Guides
Safe setup for tax season
Short walkthroughs: what a view-only key is, how to export one, and how to build a file your accountant can open.
Basics
What is a view-only key?
It can see shielded activity. It cannot spend. That is the only kind of key ZecBooks accepts.
Setup
Export a view-only key from Zashi
Get a view-only key out of Zashi without exposing the ability to spend.
Workflow
Build a tax package
Pick rows, set an expiry, and export a locked file for your accountant.
Keep the books. Keep the keys.
Download ZecBooks for Mac. Import a view-only key. Classify the ledger. Send your accountant a locked tax package — not your wallet.