GnuCash

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GnuCash
Screenshot of GnuCash
Developed by	GnuCash development team
Stable release	2.2.5 (28 April 2008) _[+/−]
Preview release	_[+/−]
Written in	C, Scheme
Platform	Cross-platform
Available in	multilingual
Genre	Accounting
License	GNU General Public License
Website	http://gnucash.org/

GnuCash is an accounting software 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, 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 April 14, 2007.

GnuCash is written primarily in C, with a small fraction in Scheme.^[1] Released under the GNU General Public License, GnuCash is free software.

[edit] Features

Double-Entry bookkeeping
Scheduled Transactions
Mortgage & Loan Repayment Druid
Small Business Accounting Features
OFX, QIF Import
HBCI Support (disabled in pre-compiled binaries due to licensing conflicts)^[2]
Transaction-Import Matching Support
(Limited) Multi-User SQL Support
Multi-Currency Transaction Handling
Stock/Mutual Fund Portfolios
Online Stock & Mutual Fund Quotes

[edit] References

^ Why don't you rewrite GnuCash in programming language xyz so that I can contribute easily?. Frequently asked questions. GnuCash website. “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.”
^ "It cannot be done because the HBCI libraries are being compiled against a GPL-incompatible library."[1]