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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: July 22, 2009
- Total Downloads: 20,837
- Downloads last week: 211
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 22 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on June 01, 2009
Although users with a solid grasp of financial management basics will get the most from this freeware program, GnuCash proved to be a capable tool for personal and small business accounting.
This freeware program's interface is bland but functional, and presents itself in a way that will be familiar to users who do their banking online. Various holdings (anything from checking accounts, to CDs, stocks and any other form of investment) are listed in a tree along the left side. Selecting an entry displays further details in a larger pane. At the top of the screen are various commands for actions, reports and tools. We found it a simple process to view spending reports, reconcile checking accounts, and other tasks.
Despite the overall simplicity of using the program, the sheer number of terms and actions may require a dictionary for some people. Fortunately, GnuCash has an excellent tutorial that outlines not only the program, but also financial terminology as well. And novice users will appreciate the wizard that walks you through the setup process.
GnuCash is an ongoing project and this isn't the latest release, but the developers warn that the 2.3 series is not stable and is for testing only, so stick with this earlier version. If you're overwhelmed by the number of personal accounts you're trying to manage, or you're trying to keep your small business on track financially, GnuCash is freeware you should try.
Publisher's description
From The GnuCash Project :GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL. It uses a check-book like register GUI to enter and track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. GnuCash is designed to be simple and easy to use but still based on formal accounting principles.
GnuCash 2.2.6, a.k.a. "Stay@Home v3," is the sixth bug fix release in a series of stable releases; it also adds support for aqbanking3 and calculation of unrealized gains/losses on liabilities in balance sheet, amoong other new features.
Version 2.3.3 fixes crash for "save as" if sqlite3 backend not available. # Updated Korean translation by yongdoria.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.3.3 fixes crash for "save as" if sqlite3 backend not available. # Updated Korean translation by yongdoria.
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Version: GnuCash 2.3.3
"Best Accounting app out there!"
Pros: For personal use I think its the easiest app to set up and I have tried a lot of accounting apps, quicken, money plus, you need a budget etc. You just type your incomes and expenses and thats it. It has more advanced futures, but i never use them.
Cons: 1. Creates irritating folders in home folder among "pictures", "music" etc. I guess this has something to do with that gnome is linux based and in linux all apps are stored in the home folder. (Off course you can hide this folders, but still.)
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