Opinions on Gnucash

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?

isilv3rbull3t ,

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…

SerfDWeb ,

Import of transations is via a CSV - I do it once a month and then shred the receipts that match. It’s a bit clunky compared to quicken on windows (last I used it was 2018), but it can do the job, and of course it’s double-entry and free.

walden ,

Is it easy to use and import transactions from credit cards?

I wouldn’t say it’s easy to get set up. If you don’t mind exporting transactions from your bank, and importing into Gnucash, that part isn’t too difficult. I like Gnucash a lot, although I’ve fallen behind with keeping up with it in recent years. I was never able to figure out the online banking side of things, but that’s ok. I also never used it for budgeting.

NovaPrime ,
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Tried it but I also hate the manual import and categorization. Had much better luck with Empower (formerly Personal Capital), though they’re not OSS

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