I’ve been testing out Gnucash for an envelope-like system for a bit and so far, it seems do-able if your reporting and accounting needs are minimal. I ignore the budgeting features altogether and don’t really use reports much. This site got me started: <https://zerosumbudget.wordpress.com/overview/minimal/ <https://zerosumbudget.wordpress.com/overview/minimal/>>
Andrew > On Dec 8, 2018, at 1:52 PM, Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > The budget module doesn’t enforce zero-sum practices, but it does give you > the information to use it that way if you want. > > What it is not very good at is the ‘envelope’ method of budgeting. > > Budgeting should likely be handled outside of GnuCash if you have special > requirements. While budgeting is financial in nature, it is not accounting. > > GnuCash can certainly handle your personal finances. I use it daily. I also > use the budget module to some effect. > > Regards, > Adrien > >> On Dec 8, 2018, at 12:09 PM, ramack <ramac...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am looking at possibly using GnuCash for my personal finances and >> budgeting. Before I dive into it, I have question about it's general >> approach to budgeting. >> >> What I'm looking for is a package that uses a zero-sum approach, Ie, income >> - budgeted expense = 0. Do any of you users use GnuCash this way? >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.