Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you resurrect?

Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by napsterbr on Saturday December 08, 2018 @10:39AM (#18635710)

The interface may not be the same, but I highly recommend http://plaintextaccounting.org. I've used ledger and currently am using beancount. Both are great!

There's also gnucash, never used but its interface may be similar to Microsoft Money (which I also never used).

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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by sleavey on Saturday December 08, 2018 @05:12PM (#18637852)

I've found Beancount [1] to be a nicer version of Ledger. It is similar syntax but it enforces rigid rules to ensure you don't make as many mistakes. You can also use Fava [2] as a nice local web-based account browser.

[1] http://furius.ca/beancount/

[2] https://beancount.github.io/fava/

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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by jen729w on Saturday December 08, 2018 @07:24PM (#18638364)

I’m a tortured Gnucash user. The best I can say of it is that it’s free, and it works.

I would not recommend anyone start using it if they are not already.

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