Features
Everything between “what do you need?” and “signed.”
Bidas covers the whole arc of a service-business proposal: setup, composition, design, pricing, delivery, signature, and follow-up — in one desktop app.
Proposal Builder
Build
From blank page to priced proposal in minutes
The builder is a two-pane editor: structured sections on the left, the real paginated document on the right. Type, drag, price — the document keeps up.
Guided flow
Client → meta → services → pricing → terms → extras. Every section maps to a part of the final document.
Live preview
The preview re-renders in under 100 ms per keystroke and is byte-identical to the PDF export.
Fearless editing
60-step undo/redo, autosave every 600 ms, and ⌘S version checkpoints you can roll back to.
Live pricing math
Per-line totals, discounts, tax, and multi-year escalation with year-by-year tables — calculated as you type.
Design
Five template families. Thirty-six themes. Zero designers.
Executive, Modern Grid, Classic Letterhead, Bold, and Compact — each a distinct multi-page layout, not a recolor. Themes re-skin any template per proposal.
Real document structure
Cover, leadership letter, credentials, numbered scope cards, investment summary, terms, signature page, thank-you closer.
36 named palettes
Corporate Navy, Forest, Burgundy, Charcoal Gold, Terracotta… every theme verified against every template.
Print-perfect PDF
US Letter, fixed-layout tables, page-break-safe cards. Nothing clips, nothing shrinks to fit.
Seeded per industry
Seven markets ship with real catalog services, terms packs, sample letters, and a demo proposal.
Send & sign
Meet your client where they say yes
Attach a PDF, send a hosted link, or both — from your own email address. Then watch the status change as your client opens and signs.
Accept & Sign
Hosted links carry a signature page: typed name, drawn signature, timestamp, IP, and user agent as a legal audit trail.
Reply watch
An optional IMAP watch matches client replies to sent proposals and badges them on the Replies page.
Your voice, your address
SMTP/IMAP presets for Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo, Zoho, Fastmail — plus Google/Microsoft OAuth with no password stored.
Auto-tracked statuses
Draft → Sent → Viewed → Accepted/Declined, with Expired set automatically when validity lapses.
Run
A serious foundation for a daily tool
Bidas is local-first engineering: fast, private, and resilient — with a cloud layer only where it earns its place.
Offline by default
Everything works without a connection. Only hosted links, email relay, license activation, and AI assist need the network.
Teams & multi-business
Company workspaces with revocable access tokens, plus fully isolated businesses under one install — each with its own numbering.
Privacy controls
Export everything as JSON, delete your server copy, and keep credentials in the OS keychain — encrypted at rest.
Website scan onboarding
One click reads your public homepage and pre-fills company name, contacts, address, and logo. Entirely optional.
Try the whole toolbox free
The free tier includes 3 proposals a month with every template and theme. Upgrade only when you're winning.