Tool

OpenQBW

OpenQBW reverse engineers the QuickBooks Desktop .qbw company-file format and provides a Rust reader, CLI, Python bindings and a format specification. It parses SA17 pages and system catalogs, extracts transaction headers and line items, and exports selected data to SQLite, CSV or IIF while recording undecoded records and uncertain attribution.

Targets: App
Category: Binary analysis libraries
Relationship: Foundation tool
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08

Stars: 14
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A QuickBooks Desktop .qbw company file; Rust 1.95 or newer for source builds, or Python 3.10 or newer for the bindings.
Limits: The reader is read-only; page-to-table attribution and some amount and date interpretations remain unconfirmed.
License: Apache License 2.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{openqbw,
  title = {{OpenQBW}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Sigilweaver/OpenQBW}},
  url = {https://github.com/Sigilweaver/OpenQBW},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/openqbw/}}
}

Plain text

OpenQBW. https://github.com/Sigilweaver/OpenQBW (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/openqbw/

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README.md GitHub · Sigilweaver/OpenQBW · Revision 68f91eb
docs/docs/format-overview.md GitHub · Sigilweaver/OpenQBW · Revision 68f91eb
LICENSE GitHub · Sigilweaver/OpenQBW · Revision 68f91eb