GnuCash

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GnuCash

Screenshot of GnuCash in Ubuntu
Developer(s) GnuCash development team
Stable release 2.2.9  (2009-2-24; 4 months ago) [+/−]
Preview release 2.3.1  (2009-6-07; 32 days ago) [+/−]
Written in C, Scheme
Platform Cross-platform
Available in multilingual
Type Accounting
License GNU General Public License
Website www.gnucash.org

GnuCash is a free accounting software program which implements a double-entry bookkeeping system. It was initially aimed at developing capabilities similar to Intuit, Inc.'s Quicken application, but also has features for small business accounting. Recent development has been focused on adapting to modern desktop support-library requirements.

GnuCash is part of the GNU Project, and runs on Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, and other Unix-like platforms. A Microsoft Windows (2000 or newer) port was made available starting with the 2.1.x series released on 2007-04-14.

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[edit] Design

GnuCash is written primarily in C, with a small fraction in Scheme.[1]

[edit] Features

  • Double-entry bookkeeping
  • Scheduled Transactions
  • Mortgage and Loan Repayment Druid
  • Small Business Accounting Features
  • OFX, QIF Import
  • HBCI Support
  • Transaction-Import Matching Support
  • (Limited) Multi-User SQL Support
  • Multi-Currency Transaction Handling
  • Stock/Mutual Fund Portfolios
  • Online Stock and Mutual Fund Quotes

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Why don't you rewrite GnuCash in programming language xyz so that I can contribute easily?". Frequently asked questions. GnuCash website. http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_don.27t_you_rewrite_GnuCash_in_programming_language_xyz_so_that_I_can_contribute_easily.3F. "GnuCash is a large body of code maintained by a small group of developers who are comfortable in C and Scheme (Guile). Actually, 80% of it is in C and approx. 13% is in Scheme/Lisp." 

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