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Beancount-import

Web UI for semi-automatically importing external data into beancount

Beancount-import is an open-source plain-text accounting project on GitHub under the GPL-2.0 license (strong copyleft), with 475 stars. It is built with CPython and TypeScript. Its last push was 3 days ago.

Stars
475
License
GPL-2.0
Activity
Active
Latest release
v1.5.0

Code on GitHub

Judgement

What it is
Developer tool
What it does
A web interface that imports transactions from OFX, Amazon, Venmo and other sources into Beancount, predicts accounts and matches duplicates.
Adopt it when
You keep Beancount books and want semi-automatic import and reconciliation from many sources.
Watch out
Setup takes Python configuration, and some source modules, such as Mint, depend on services that no longer exist.
Ready for
Usable
Runs as
Self-hosted server and command line
Built with
Python and TypeScript
How established
Established: started 11 years ago, latest release v1.5.0.
What the license allows
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

CPythonTypeScript

Follow it down: Beancount-import → CPython → GCC → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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