# 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.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App
- Category: Binary analysis libraries
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Sigilweaver/OpenQBW>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Sigilweaver/OpenQBW/blob/68f91eb1b9a5710ca3c5d9510b125063ecf07d7d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openqbw/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openqbw/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openqbw/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Sigilweaver/OpenQBW/blob/68f91eb1b9a5710ca3c5d9510b125063ecf07d7d/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Sigilweaver/OpenQBW/blob/68f91eb1b9a5710ca3c5d9510b125063ecf07d7d/docs/docs/format-overview.md>
3. <https://github.com/Sigilweaver/OpenQBW/blob/68f91eb1b9a5710ca3c5d9510b125063ecf07d7d/LICENSE>

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