[ale] Plain Text Accounting, hopefully not too OT

[Wolf Halton]

I would be interested in knowing about this. My bookkeeper partner has to integrate with quickbooks and other mainstream accounting packages, but I would like something with less surveillance built in. 

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> On Jul 14, 2025, at 17:34, Ken Cochran via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
> Hopefully not OT - looks like some(?) Linux distributions are
> including this, or at least have been.
> 
> I'd very much like to escape Quickbooks' evil clutches.
> 
> GNUCash might fit the bill but I need "class" support &
> would also need to export/convert/import its file(s) (.qbw)
> so I can have histories & do reporting. GNUCash does neither.
> 
> I came across Plain Text Accounting
> (https://plaintextaccounting.org/) & it looks intriguing.
> 
> Any ALErs with any experience(s)?
> 
> I would be Just Fine with something CLI/text based & if this
> "worked" it'd hopefully be a nice escape from the cloud-bs
> pressure/cost/lock-in/data-mining horrors to which essentially
> all the various accounting/bookkeeping applications have
> migrated & are forcing onto "us".
> 
> Thank you for allowing me to vent... -kc
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