GnuCash

GnuCash
Original author(s)Robin Clark - X-Accountant,[1][2]
Gnumatic (Linas Veptas)[3][4]
Developer(s)GnuCash development team
Initial release1998[5]
Stable release
5.9[6] Edit this on Wikidata / 29 September 2024
Repository
Written inC, Scheme, C++[7]
TypeAccounting and personal finance
LicenseGPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only[8]
Websitewww.gnucash.org

GnuCash is an accounting program that implements a double-entry bookkeeping system. It was initially aimed at developing capabilities similar to Intuit, Inc.'s Quicken application,[9] but also has features for small business accounting.[10] Recent development has been focused on adapting to modern desktop support-library requirements.

GnuCash is part of the GNU Project,[11][12] and runs on Linux, GNU, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris, macOS, and other Unix-like platforms.[13] A Microsoft Windows (2000 or newer) port was made available starting with the 2.2.0 series.[14]

GnuCash includes scripting support via scheme, mostly used for creating custom reports.[15]

  1. ^ Clark, Rob D. (12 Apr 1998). "X-Accountant". www.gnucash.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2018-07-30. 12 Apr 98 - The xacc project has changed names and become the GnuCash project.
  2. ^ Roblimo (July 5, 2001). "GnuCash Developer Robert Merkel Responds". linux.slashdot.org. GnuCash is based on the X-Accountant codebase, which was GPL'd when Robin Clark released it based way back in 1997
  3. ^ "gnome story". Archived from the original on February 24, 2001. Retrieved July 11, 2013. Gnumatic was incorporated in the year 2000 to work on financial software. Led by Linas Veptas, Gnumatic produces GnuCash, the personal finance software for Unix.
  4. ^ Vepstas, Linas. "Home Page". The GnuCash Personal Finance Manager[:] This is the biggest project I've ever worked on, and you can say I started it. I started by fixing a few bugs in a small piece of software called "X-Accountant", back in '96 or '97. Since then, I've put in thousands of hours of work into this software (yes, that's full time, overtime, evenings and weekends, for many years). Along the way, the name changed to "GnuCash", and it has had hundreds of volunteers adding features functions, documentation and translations, turning GnuCash into the leading personal finance management software on Linux today. It is now included in all major Linux distributions, and sees downloads in the tens-of-thousands whenever a new version is released.
  5. ^ "Free Accounting Software - GnuCash". GnuCash. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  6. ^ "Release GnuCash 5.9 Released · Gnucash/gnucash". Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference GnuCash FAQ Lang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "LICENSE". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  9. ^ "X-Accountant". gnucash.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  10. ^ "1.1. What is GnuCash?". GnuCash Documentation. GnuCash. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  11. ^ "Index of /gnu". GNU Project FTP Server. GNU Project. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  12. ^ "GNU Readme". GNU Project FTP Server. GNU Project. Retrieved 2010-05-14. Programs that are directly in this directory are actually GNU programs, developed under the auspices of GNU.
  13. ^ "Download GnuCash". GnuCash. Archived from the original on 2010-05-20. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  14. ^ "FAQ GnuCash". Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  15. ^ "Documentation | GnuCash". www.gnucash.org. Retrieved 2023-12-12.