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submitted 1 year ago by DogMom to c/[email protected]

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Is anyone using Gnucash? I've been on a kick of streamlining my finances and want to simplify from my current spreadsheet for tracking expenses. I have seen Gnucash mentioned around and am considering it. Is it easy to use and import transactions from credit cards?

I hate manually entering each purchase because I invariably typo an amount somewhere and spend hours at the end of the month trying to figure out why I don't balance.

I've downloaded it and tried playing with it but it seems clunky. I'm wondering if it gets easier once you get past the learning curve. Thoughts/experiences?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, atleast for me. then I left with a feeling of double checking the stuffs often which ended with opting in for Ledger/BeanCount as the final solution. Checkout the PlainTextAccounting sub...