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I had tried few apps in the past (Walnut, Mint etc), but I was reluctant to share my bank credentials, sms access etc. At some point, I came across plain text accounting concept and never looked back. There is a big learning curve in the beginning, but in the long run, I think it is essential to understand the basics of accounting. Since it's just a command line tool, it's hard to visualize the data. So I built a UI layer on top of the ledger command line tool called paisa.
I had tried few apps in the past (Walnut, Mint etc), but I was reluctant to share my bank credentials, sms access etc. At some point, I came across plain text accounting concept and never looked back. There is a big learning curve in the beginning, but in the long run, I think it is essential to understand the basics of accounting. Since it's just a command line tool, it's hard to visualize the data. So I built a UI layer on top of the ledger command line tool called paisa.
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