GnuCash – Free Accounting Software
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| Developer: | GnuCash Project |
| License: | Open Source / Free |
| User Rating: |   (33 votes) |
| Offical Website: | www.gnucash.org |
| Platform: | Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Solaris |
GnuCash Review
GnuCash is more than free personal financial software; it is also a free accounting software for small business. GnuCash is developed by GnuCash Project. You can download and use it for free under the GNU GPL license. The software is available for multiple operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Solaris. Here are some highlight features of GnuCash:
- Double-Entry Accounting
- Stock, Bond, Mutual Fund Accounts
- Online Stock and Mutual Fund Quotes
- Small-Business Accounting
- Customers, Vendors, Jobs, Check Printing
- Invoices, Account Payable, Account Receivable, General Ledger
- QIF, OFX and HBCI Import, Transaction Matching
- Scheduled Transactions, Financial Calculations, Multiple Currencies
- Statement Reconciliation, Reports, Graphs
Among free accounting software GnuCash is one of simple and easy to use interface. GnuCash is open source accounting software which available for free of charge. Donation is source of funds to keep project alive and further development. After installing and you want to more about the program, there is useful documentation for GnuCash at its official website.
User Experience with GnuCash
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GNU Cash is an excellent free software with certain flaws.
Pros:
* Multi-currency
* Maintain Customers & Suppliers
* Create Jobs – A Job can have multiple invoices
* Create Invoices – Invoices can be directly posted to the General Ledger
* Make Payments against Invoices – Automatically posted into the General Ledger and reflected in Customer/Supplier reports
* Double-entry Accounting
* Simple to use
* Free
* Open Source
* Publish html invoices using different templates
* Create own report templates
Cons
* Linux version works better than Windows version (found Windows version more buggy)
* Generated reports don’t always show the real currency symbol. Meaning if Reporting Currency is Euro and your Account and transactions are in US$, then report displays Euro symbol instead of US$ (note: US$ value with Euro symbol). Not the case with all reports.
* Can be buggy sometimes.