Gnucash to Ledger

Convert Gnucash files to ledger file format. Supports arbitrary decimal places. Can convert compressed and uncompressed files.

Install requirements

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/lodenrogue/gnucash-to-ledger

Change into the gnucash-to-ledger directory

cd gnucash-to-ledger

Copy your gnucash file to the current directory

cp path/to/myfile.gnucash .

Install python requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

How to run

The script takes a required gnucash file as the first argument and an optional output file. If no output is given the output will be redirected to stdout. If a file already exists with the same name as output file nothing is written.

python3 gnucash2ledger.py gnucash_file.gnucash output

Optional: Make the script executable

Make script executable

chmod +x gnucash2ledger.py

You can now add it to your PATH so its usable anywhere

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Original code source found here: https://gist.github.com/nonducor/ddc97e787810d52d067206a592a35ea7/