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Beancount Import

Semi-automated transaction import for Beancount ledgers

Budgeting & Finance ★ 474 stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

Beancount Import is a tool for semi-automatically importing transactions from financial institutions into Beancount plain-text accounting files. It provides a web interface to review, classify, and reconcile imported entries.

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Key features

  • Semi-automated import
  • Web review interface
  • Transaction classification
  • Reconciliation support

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Written in Python
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Trade-offs

  • Requires Beancount knowledge
  • Per-institution configuration

Is Beancount Import secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Beancount Import's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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