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Have you looked into GNUCash (GnuCash.org)? It’s a venerable open source project that I believe was started to offer an alternative to Quicken and may be an acceptable alternative to QuickBooks at this point. I haven’t used it personally but if I could go back in time I would make a strong effort to make that work before using Quicken/QuickBooks.

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I've tried it but it doesn't tick the boxes I want:

- runs in a browser so my wife and I can use it collaboratively for both personal finance and a dual member LLC we have for real estate

- allows me to see a rolled up balance sheet and income statement with our personal finance and the two LLCs (the dual member one mentioned above plus another I use(d) for consulting).

- supports the sort of unique daily budgeting system I've used via a spreadsheet for the last 10 years

- uses a plain-text format (like hledger, beancount, etc)

- lets me do another project in Elixir/Phoenix

Yeah, the runs-in-a-browser thing is huge, especially if you want to outsource your bookkeeping. The monthly cost for QB online is crazy, especially when they want you to pay per-company. Be sure to post a Show HN for whatever you come up with please!

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