[GNC] Max number of Accounts

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

On 2025-12-05 09:07, Christopher Treen wrote:
> 
> But my question is a simple one: Is there a MAXIMUM number of Accounts,
> or file size? I currently have 53 parts with one Account per Part Number
> to track stock levels. This WILL grow with time.
> 
> Thanks in advance, Chris

Hi, Chris!  Welcome to GnuCash!

There's no fixed maximum file size. Various people have mentioned sizes
of several megabytes, with no noticeable degradation in performance. (My
main data file is about 1.3 MB and includes all transactions since
2017-12-31, about 11,000 of them.)

I'll let someone speak to maximum number of accounts, but I'd lay long
odds there is none. (The chart of accounts is stored in the same data
file as the transactions, so there's no reason I can think of why it
would need a fixed size limit.)

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com