GnuCash: Open-source double-entry accounting software
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HN comment orderHaving tried a couple of different accounting/budgeting applications, this is what I always end up coming back to. As it just works when it comes to keeping track of finances. However GnuCash really falls short if you have anything other than default locale settings. Want US language and EU number/date formatting? Syncing that across different OS'? GnuCash will probably struggle with it, you'll need to sometimes set locale, sometimes `LC_MONETARY`, sometimes system regional settings, sometimes all of it, and…
I'm an avid user of GnuCash. Last I checked, their mobile app was basically abandoned (around 2018), and it had no way to use a SQL DB, even though the desktop can use SQLite3, MySQL, and Postgres [1]. So there was no easy way to use desktop AND mobile in a shared way. So, I made a small companion app called gnucash-helper [2]. It's a Python/Flask web app for doing the very basics of GnuCash, i.e. entering transactions, looking at…
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- Total points
- 628
- Total comments
- 222
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-14 | GnuCash(Free Accounting Software): Track your assets and expense easily | enitihas | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-06-05 | GnuCash: Open-source double-entry accounting softwareFirst breakout · Best thread | mNovak | 316 | 100 |
| 2022-04-30 | GnuCashLatest 20+ point return | je_bailey | 309 | 122 |