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Paisa vs Beancount: catalog facts
Paisa	Beancount
Free Free and open source.	Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.
Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Data kept in plain text files you can version control Investment tracking with market price updates	Balance assertions are verified on every parse, so errors surface immediately The ledger is a plain text file that version control handles perfectly
Requires familiarity with ledger-style double-entry accounting Setup is more involved than a consumer budgeting app	No graphical entry; transactions are typed or imported by scripts Python toolchain and command-line comfort are assumed
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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