<div dir="ltr">Haven't gone full double-entry, but I do a basic budget in <a href="https://hledger.org/">https://hledger.org/</a>, and it has very good docs, along with tools to collect/process/label CSVs &c from 3rd parties.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM Ken Cochran via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hopefully not OT - looks like some(?) Linux distributions are<br>
including this, or at least have been.<br>
<br>
I'd very much like to escape Quickbooks' evil clutches.<br>
<br>
GNUCash might fit the bill but I need "class" support &<br>
would also need to export/convert/import its file(s) (.qbw)<br>
so I can have histories & do reporting. GNUCash does neither.<br>
<br>
I came across Plain Text Accounting<br>
(<a href="https://plaintextaccounting.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://plaintextaccounting.org/</a>) & it looks intriguing.<br>
<br>
Any ALErs with any experience(s)?<br>
<br>
I would be Just Fine with something CLI/text based & if this<br>
"worked" it'd hopefully be a nice escape from the cloud-bs<br>
pressure/cost/lock-in/data-mining horrors to which essentially<br>
all the various accounting/bookkeeping applications have<br>
migrated & are forcing onto "us".<br>
<br>
Thank you for allowing me to vent... -kc<br>
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