[GNC] Other software

[Patrick James]

If the software has been under regular and active development for more than 12 months and is open source with an appropriate license, then that might reasonably limit the discussions.

Liz didn't place much in terms of limits to the other software, but the biggest issue I see is self-promotion.

The problem I was experiencing in other forums was that someone would spend about 10 minutes with AI, and then post something like, "Look at this great tool I made." After some time, all the "great tools" began to look the same. Yes, of course there were differences, but the posts/tools all looked the same to me. Near the end, about 50% of the posts were of this nature.


> On 06/14/2026 9:38 AM PDT Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
>  
> Tough call.
> 
> Wm & Patrick both have valid points for sure.
> 
> I too am generally fine with announcements, but ongoing discussion could 
> be a problem.
> 
> If only open source projects are allowed, I could see that as 
> reasonable, with the caveat that topics or discussion outside of how 
> this 3rd party project is used *with GnuCash* are out of scope.
> 
> They shouldn't leach or hi-jack this list as a substitute for 
> independent support and should themselves urge users to partake of their 
> own offered channels.
> 
> I'm also fine if you bar all such topics/announcements, at least from 
> the creators.
> 
> If regular users alert someone in a relevant reply to a particular 
> resource, that's a different matter. (such as in reply to a feature 
> request, someone posts a link to one of these projects that already fits 
> the bill. Any discussion thereof is in a limited context and should not 
> metastasize.)
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> On 6/14/26 12:09 AM, Liz wrote:
> > I have had another request for publication of information regarding
> > other software which could be used in conjunction with Gnucash.
> > 
> > So far this is on hold.
> > 
> > Following the previous use of this list to advertise other software I
> > am considering a total ban so there would be no leniency according to
> > licence eg GPL passes and proprietary is not allowed.
> > 
> > Please feel free to comment.
> > 
> > Liz
> > 
> > Moderator hat
> 
>