At the other end, there are a number of accounting systems that are based on plain-text files and an associated set of programs. These systems are much easier t

At the other end, there are a number of accounting systems that are based on plain-text files and an associated set of programs. These systems are much easier to work with [than the non-GnuCash GUI tools evaluated] and are adaptable to most needs. Such a system could have been made to work for LWN, but they tend to lack some useful features. Check writing and report generation, for example, tend not to be well supported. The user interface for many operations is a text editor; this is often seen as an advantage, but it becomes less so as the number of transactions grows. There are advantages to a graphical interface designed for the job at hand.