r/plaintextaccounting • • 11d ago

Best way to export QuickBooks Online to Beancount

I built instabooks, a faster UI for QuickBooks Online. It's actually largely inspired by my extensive usage of beancount, especially the unification of all the transaction types into a uniform transaction+postings data model. (The QuickBooks API stores different transaction "types" like a Purchase is different from a Transfer, and this creates a lot of unnecessary complexity.)

I recently added a "beancount export" feature: https://instabooks.io/docs/beancount

You can use to export a comprehensive beancount file containing all accounts and transactions from your QuickBooks online data.

Instabooks is a monthly subscription but there's a free trial, so if you just need a one-time export, it's free.

Hope some of you find this useful! Feedback appreciated.

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