Costflow
Natural-language interface for plain-text accounting
Costflow is an open-source parser that turns plain-language messages into Beancount, Ledger, or hledger entries. It lets users record transactions from chat apps and append them to a journal file.
Key features
- Natural-language entries
- Beancount and Ledger output
- Chat app integration
- Plain-text journals
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Written in JavaScript
- Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM
Costflow replaces
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