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Original author(s) | Robin Clark - X-Accountant,[1][2] Gnumatic (Linas Veptas)[3][4] |
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Developer(s) | GnuCash development team |
Initial release | 1998[5] |
Stable release | 5.8[6] ![]() |
Repository | |
Written in | C, Scheme, C++[7] |
Type | Accounting and personal finance |
License | GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only[8] |
Website | www |
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]
12 Apr 98 - The xacc project has changed names and become the GnuCash project.
GnuCash is based on the X-Accountant codebase, which was GPL'd when Robin Clark released it based way back in 1997
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.
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.
GnuCash FAQ Lang
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