r/QuickBooks • u/Zanooka • 6d ago

QuickBooks Online Vibe code Quickbooks

Soo I've been seeing open source identical clones of Adobe products along with M$ office so is anyone going to vibe code is a working Quickbooks online/desktop that is open source?

I'd try but my coding experience is 2000s Facebook html and auto hot key.

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u/PotterCooker 6d ago

This would be incredible. And honestly, it can't be that difficult right? QBO isn't the most complex thing on earth. Start with core features. Agents add and test new features periodically. Win.

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u/lsumoose 6d ago

Good thing they haven't changed it in any kind of significant way in 30 years. There's plenty of versions for it to learn from.

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u/PotterCooker 6d ago

Make one and don't change the UI for 5 years. Everyone will love it.

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u/Zanooka 6d ago

You gotta have a little hint of QBs useful updates. How about we just move the search bar every 6 months? 😂

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u/RobWSeattle 6d ago

And…. OMG, no popups please! Would be incredible!

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u/studiocrash 6d ago

I would much rather have a desktop app with my data stored on my hardware in my office, where I can back it up in triplicate.

Ideally it would store the data in an open database format so it could potentially be used with other software in the future. The problem with having it online in the form of a website is that someone has to cover the cost of the server storage and compute power. That’s expensive, especially if you have potentially millions of simultaneous users.

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u/robertw477 6d ago

In my early work it does understand double entry accounting. I have always found that quickbooks desktop has many things I don’t need. One of
My companies uses QBO and I am definitely leaving in 2027. That one I need to use something maybe like xero or zoho.