I'm an avid user of the Ledger project, which is a command-line double-entry accounting program. You write a data file using whatever editor you feel comfortable with and then run reports using the ledger command. It has python integration but is mostly written in C++.
http://ledger-cli.org On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:48 AM, kirby urner <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure how topical, but back in the day when Jeff Schwaber, Kevin > Turner and I were working more with Free Geek during Ron Braithwaite's > tenure (led to SQL Clinic in Hillsboro), we surveyed the open source > scene for the QuickBooks competitor. > > Say someone wants to keep books, chart of accounts, income, expenses, > could be for a business... what's free and open? > > Preferably written in Python (there's the tie-in). > > I remember we came up with one SQL based accounting system that ran > through a web server (maybe localhost). Is FOSS bookkeeping still > such a dimly lit alley? > > Kirby > _______________________________________________ > Portland mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland _______________________________________________ Portland mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland
