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Anyone got a favorite FOSS (or at least not shitty) Quickbooks alternative they like? My current method of figuring out my business taxes every year by frantically combing through all my statements is ... not great. Just need an easy tool for tracking business income and expenses. Thanks!
Apr 11, 2025 at 11:47pmWeb
Show threadCascadia Secession ZoneApr 12, 2025

@seabikeblog I haven't actually used these yet but I have a "research FOSS small business accounting" item on my TODO list and intend to look into these (ledger, hledger, beancount).

https://plaintextaccounting.org/#feature-matrix

Please post about what you eventually decide to use!

Plain Text Accounting (PTA) - plaintextaccounting.org

Show threadCascadia Secession ZoneApr 12, 2025

@seabikeblog

cc @davidrevoy you seem like the type of FOSS enthusiast that would have run into this problem while running an art business, any thoughts?

Show threadDavid RevoyApr 13, 2025
@bajabanjo @seabikeblog Hey, here I maintain everything with Libre Office Calc since ... 20 years; you can make pretty complex tables that makes all the math for you. For my small 1person structure it's enough, but can understand that for larger structures it would be hard to manage this way.
Show threadHannahApr 12, 2025
@seabikeblog https://www.invoiceninja.org/ might be along the lines of what you're looking for?
Invoice Ninja | Free Self-Hosted Invoicing, Quotes, Expenses & Tasks

Show threadMaeDayApr 12, 2025
@seabikeblog The big finance apps I found when I looked were GnuCash, Firefly III, and Actual. I only tried GnuCash so I'm not sure if the other 2 are actually applicable, but it's been aight.
Show thread🚵 JDR 🚣‍♂️Apr 13, 2025
@seabikeblog Try GnuCash. I used it for years (until I retired) and it works well.