R. L. Dane  Aug 4, 2023

Hey #AskFedi,

Is *anyone* out there using FOSS for accounting?

I'm struggling with Quickbooks desktop (which you can only get as a subscription now, unless you pay four figures for an enterprise license).

#Xero comes highly recommended to me, but I'm loathe to go "#cloud" for accounting. Very loathe indeed.

#BoostPlease?

Edit: Thanks for all of the feedback so far, updates and clarification following in a reply...

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Show threadaeris 🏳️‍🌈Aug 4, 2023
@RL_Dane https://hledger.org/ ?
Home - hledger

plain text accounting, made easy

Show threadR. L. Dane  

@aeris

I love CLI apps, but I need something that'll be user-friendly to others as well.

Aug 4, 2023 at 6:14pmWeb
Show threadaeris 🏳️‍🌈Aug 4, 2023
@RL_Dane https://hledger.org/1.30/hledger-web.html 🤣
hledger-web manual (1.30) - hledger

plain text accounting, made easy

Show threadAlexanderMarsAug 4, 2023
@aeris @RL_Dane that web interface looks interesting, but it seems like there’s a real lack of baked in security. Seriously, on what internet are you running an unsecured web interface for a book keeping program(something they elude to in the manual)? Really I wonder if I can run this inside my Nextcloud instance?
Show threadaeris 🏳️‍🌈Aug 4, 2023
@AlexanderMars @RL_Dane Usually you are supposed to run this web frontend locally, from where your accounting is. So not a real security trouble here.
Show threadAlexanderMarsAug 4, 2023

@aeris @RL_Dane yeah, these days I’m pretty skeptical of projects that don’t take security seriously. However it turns out someone did cook up a Nextcloud integration, which would be my personal preference for deployment.

https://github.com/37Rb/nextcloud-hledger

GitHub - 37Rb/nextcloud-hledger: Plain Text Accounting on Nextcloud

Plain Text Accounting on Nextcloud. Contribute to 37Rb/nextcloud-hledger development by creating an account on GitHub.

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