Plain-text Accounting (Web)
Plain-text Accounting (Web) is a app in the osFoundry community catalog. Web UI for Beancount — text-file double-entry accounting. Edit your `.beancount` ledger in the file editor, view balance sheets / income statements / journals / charts in the browser. An open replacement for FreshBooks Bookkeeping / Quicken Web. Powered by Fava. Ships as a single self-contained container — your ledger lives as a plain text file on a persistent volume.
Details
- Workspace: osfoundry
- Category: PRODUCTIVITY
- Pricing: Free
- Access: Community
Documentation
# Plain-text Accounting (Web)
A web UI for Beancount, powered by Fava.
## First boot
A minimal `main.beancount` is seeded at `/bean/main.beancount` on first boot with one empty equity-opening transaction so Fava can load. Edit it via the platform's file editor (or any Beancount-aware tool) — Fava picks up changes automatically on save.
## Beancount syntax
Full docs: https://beancount.github.io/docs/. Key concepts:
- Every transaction has at least two postings whose amounts must sum to zero (double-entry).
- Open accounts before posting: `2024-01-01 open Assets:Cash USD`.
- Most Beancount-aware editors auto-complete account names + dates.
## Theme / appearance
Fava has its own light/dark toggle (top-right).
How to use Plain-text Accounting (Web) in osFoundry
Install Plain-text Accounting (Web) into your workspace in one click, then fork it in osStudio to customise the prompts, tools, or configuration for your stack. Anyone in your workspace can pick up where you left off.
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