Agree 100%
On 10/05/2026 8:07 am, John Ralls wrote:
BS. You “shared" it because the people on this list are your target market:
It’s not like your program would be useful to anyone who isn’t a GnuCash user.
You might not be charging for the “public beta” but it’s clear that you’re
planning to charge for the final product. That’s not “free” in any sense of the
word. The only thing free here is what you’re trying to get: Free advertising
and free test engineering services.
That’s not welcome here.
Regards,
John Ralls
On May 9, 2026, at 2:48 PM, cashdera <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
That is a fair criticism, and I should have been clearer in my wording.
Cashdera is not Free Software in the FSF/open-source sense. It is a no-cost
proprietary public beta at this stage. I used
“free” to mean no-cost, but I understand that on a GnuCash mailing list that
wording is ambiguous and can be misleading.
I am not asking the GnuCash project, this mailing list, or its maintainers
to endorse, support, or advocate for Cashdera.
I shared it because it is built around GnuCash files and I thought some
users might be interested in trying an independent
analytics companion.
If proprietary software announcements or testing requests are not
appropriate here, I respect that and will not continue
promoting it on this list.
For clarity:
- Cashdera is independent software and is not affiliated with GnuCash.
- It is currently proprietary, not open source.
- The beta is no-cost, but that does not make it Free Software.
- The source GnuCash file is not modified.
- The app runs locally, with no account, no cloud upload, and no telemetry
in this beta.
Deva, thank you also for the macOS and FIFO balance sheet suggestions. I
have noted them, but I do not want to turn this
thread into product support if the list considers the project off-topic or
inappropriate.
Thanks for the correction and the candid feedback.
Regards,
Ars
On 5/9/2026 10:17 AM, Elliot Graham wrote:
Agree entirely. I don’t think we should be advocating for or supporting
this testing.
On Sat, 9 May 2026 at 18:15, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote:
This offering is NOT Free software:
https://github.com/proars/Cashdera/blob/main/EULA.txt
https://github.com/proars/Cashdera/blob/main/LICENSE.txt
The author is offering a free public beta but clearly intends to make this
a paid product. He’s asking for you to beta-test his work with no offer of
compensation.
Regards,
John Ralls
On May 9, 2026, at 05:32, Elliot Graham <[email protected]> wrote:
Should we really be supporting a closed source option here? I’m not sure
why the source doesn’t come along with the package
On Sat, 9 May 2026 at 13:31, Deva PS via gnucash-user <
[email protected]> wrote:
Ars,
Please consider a macOS release as well. I think plenty of members on this
list are macOS users.
It will be nice to see a Balance Sheet report that gives me an option to
choose price source as FIFO. In GnuCash, I can get avg cost or current
market value, but our tax authority in India needs FIFO. Right now, I get
that from Investment Performance report (not remembering the exact name)
and replace the values in the Balance Sheet before I send it to my tax
consultant.
Cheers.
On 9 May 2026, at 12:07 PM, [email protected] wrote:
From: Cashdera <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [GNC] Cashdera analytics companion for GnuCash
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hello,
I built a Windows desktop beta called Cashdera as an independent
analytics companion for GnuCash.
It opens an existing .gnucash file, imports it into a local SQLite
cache, and shows analytics such as:
- monthly cashflow
- category trends
- Sankey money flow
- transaction search
- budget vs actual
- net worth timeline
- year-over-year comparison
- CSV/PDF report export
The goal is not to replace GnuCash. It is a read-only analytics layer
on top of an existing GnuCash book. The source GnuCash file is not
modified.
Privacy/safety notes:
- local desktop app
- no account
- no cloud upload
- no telemetry
- independent project, not affiliated with GnuCash
- Windows-only beta
- unsigned installer, with SHA256 checksums in the GitHub release
- please test on a backup/copy first
GitHub public beta release:
https://github.com/proars/Cashdera/releases/tag/v0.1.0
Screenshots:
https://github.com/proars/Cashdera/blob/main/README.md#what-cashdera-gives-you
I would appreciate feedback from experienced GnuCash users, especially:
1. import issues with real books
2. calculation mismatches compared with GnuCash reports
3. reports/workflows that are missing
Thank you,
Ars
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