Tracking Shared expenses

Ghanashyam Prabhu

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Apr 21, 2025, 8:56:44 AM4/21/25

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Hello, Seems like beancount_share plugin worked well with Beancount v2 but isn't compatible with Beancount_v3? What are the options to track shared expenses on Beancount v3?

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Ghanashyam

Timothy Jesionowski

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Apr 21, 2025, 10:02:01 AM4/21/25

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I just do the allocation manually. Not a satisfying answer, but how many keystrokes is this plug-in saving you?

(Also, minor nit, but do y'all use debtors/creditors or receivables/payables?)

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Ghanashyam Prabhu

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Apr 21, 2025, 12:30:47 PM4/21/25

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Are there any examples on this? Looking to have something like a Splitwise workflow to track who owes how much to whom for a shared expense.

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Justin Steffen

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Apr 21, 2025, 1:46:46 PM4/21/25

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Have you come across this article yet?

https://beancount.github.io/docs/sharing_expenses_with_beancount.html

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Ghanashyam Prabhu

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Apr 22, 2025, 2:53:05 AM4/22/25

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yes, has some limitations..

always splits amongst all group members, can't specify to split expense amongst say 2 out of 3 members
doesn't support splitting unevenly

Vasily M

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Apr 22, 2025, 10:47:02 AM4/22/25

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Hi,

I still use beancount_share (https://github.com/Akuukis/beancount_share) with Beancount v3, didn't notice any problems on switching. What are the issues you're experiencing?

Another alternative I know of is https://github.com/SEIAROTg/autobean/tree/master/autobean/share which seems interesting but a little complicated at first glance so I didn't get to try it properly yet.