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faq tweaks, who's using ledger

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Simon Michael
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### questions ?
**is there no graphical user interface ? is this only for text fanatics ?**\
**is there no graphical user interface ? Must I use the command line ?**\
Not entirely! Just a bit. Decreasingly. **[GUIs](#ui-console)** are appearing.
**who is this for ?**\
**who is this for ?**\
Techies, power users, and do-it-yourself-ers, for now.
If you need a rich GUI providing lots of structure, you may prefer to use something else.
**what are the alternatives ?**\
FOSS tools like GNUCash, Grisbi, KMyMoney,
proprietary tools like Quicken/Quickbooks, You Need A Budget,
online tools like Xero, FreeAgent,
spreadsheets,
paper accounting.
**who is using it, and how ?**\
See **[Who's using Ledger?](https://github.com/ledger/ledger/wiki/Who's-using-ledger%3F)** for some stories.
**what are the alternatives ?**\
FOSS tools like GNUCash, Grisbi, KMyMoney.
Proprietary tools like Quicken/Quickbooks, You Need A Budget.
Online tools like Xero, FreeAgent.
(There are **[many](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_accounting_software)**).
Spreadsheets.
Paper accounting.
A bookkeeper.
**why is this better than QuickBooks ?**\
Your data remains accessible.