[GNC] Sharing Some Changes With the GnuCash Community

[Andre Powell]

Well, I botched that ;-). I made the correction.

Cheers,
Andre

On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> Wow, two consecutive emails announcing derivative projects. It’s rare to
> have even one in a year.
>
> Unfortunately yours has the same problem as NH Rao’s: You have used the
> wrong license. The MIT license is far too permissive for GPL compatibility.
> Please replace the MIT LICENSE file in your repository with the GPL’s
> COPYING and place a GPL notice at the top of every source file. Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
> > On May 18, 2026, at 10:30, Andre Powell <apowell656 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have been following the software’s development in the background for
> some time and had already planned to move my business finances back to
> GnuCash later this year from Wave Accounting. After doing my taxes this
> year, I really felt the lack of true accounting workflows with Wave, and it
> pushed me to reconsider the tools I was using overall.
> >
> > For my personal finances, I had been using YNAB for years because of its
> greatest strength for our household: communication. At the beginning of
> this year, I moved to Actual Budget, but after running into an issue in
> mid-April and spending a lot of time trying to clean it up, I decided it
> was time to move back to GnuCash completely.
> >
> > What I realized during the process was that I needed a few things in
> place to make GnuCash fit the workflow my wife and I had become accustomed
> to:
> >
> > A way to summarize the financial information most important to us
> > A budget report that better communicates our current position
> > A way to track debt repayment progress directly inside the same
> application
> > I ended up putting together a set of dashboard and report modifications
> and wanted to share them with the community in case others find them useful
> or would like to contribute.
> >
> > Financial Dashboard
> >
> > 
> >
> > Budget vs. Actual
> > Emergency Fund tracking
> > Debt Repayment summary
> > Cashflow snapshot
> > Net Worth
> > Account Balances
> > Projected Balances
> > Upcoming Transactions
> > Highest Spending Categories
> > Budget Report Improvements
> >
> > 
> >
> > Sinking Funds
> > Future Purchases
> > Carryover Amounts
> > The goal was to bring some of the communication and visibility strengths
> found in tools like YNAB and Actual Budget into a more traditional
> accounting workflow.
> >
> > Debt Repayment Planner
> > 
> > Select debts to pay down
> > Choose snowball, avalanche, or custom repayment methods
> > Add additional payments to accelerate progress
> > I have been using this setup for some time and greatly reduced some
> stress, especially wondering if the numbers are accurate.
> >
> > *Disclaimer: My programming background is Java, Python, Swift, and
> Flutter. It was kind of cool to poke around in Scheme for a change. Between
> Googling and using some assistance, I was able to get this up and running.
> I also lean on Refactoring UI to make things look "nicer" than my brain
> would normally conceive ;-). If there are optimizations or improvements
> that could be made, I am completely open to feedback.
> >
> > The dashboard/report modifications are available here:
> https://github.com/apowell656/gnucash-financial-radar
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