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Boox 0.4.1b is a significant step forward in the development of Boox, the really simple double-entry accounting java library, with improvements concentrated on the administration of account and ledger permissions.

Granular control of balance, read and audit permissions is, perhaps counter-intuitively, an essential pre-requisite of open-book accounting, which must balance individual privacy with corporate transparency. ... read more

boox is a very simple Java API for double-entry book-keeping. Data is stored in a SQL database - boox has been developed and tested with postgresql, but should work with any other SQL database for which a jdbc driver is available.

So we've decided to up this thing from alpha to beta. It works for us, mostly.
It's got some new features - mainly the ones that were most obviously missing in 0.3 alpha.
Try it now and tell us what you think.

boox 0.1 has been released. It provides basic double-entry book-keeping in multiple currencies with an easy-to-understand object model including Transaction, Account, Ledger and Journal objects.

Boox has been developed to support virtual currency operations, e.g. to support non-cash payment systems within social networks.