From: Federico Sevilla III (jijo@free.net.ph)
To: plug@lists.q-linux.com
Subject: Re: [plug] Accounting Software
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 22:07:53 +0800
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 08:38:46PM +0800, Joon Guillen
wrote:
> We're looking around for an open-source (business)
accounting
> software, and I was wondering if there are any popular
choices among
> the ones who've already used one.
>
> So far, we're keeping our eye on SQL-Ledger
> (http://www.sql-ledger.org) since
it boasts a large number of users
> (one of them is the Cebu GNU/Linux User's Group, Inc.) and
uses a
> database we prefer, PostgreSQL. Any comments regarding this
product?
My proposal last year for SQL-Ledger got turned down in favor of Quickbooks, but I did set this up locally for evaluation. It is very simple to get up and running, which is cool considering it's a fairly complex piece of work. I recommend you give it a shot and get your accounting people to give it a spin. That's the only way you'll know whether it'll suit your needs or not. I am not an accountant, but from what I remember it supposedly has pretty comprehensive GL and inventory functionality.
You may also want to try NOLA[1] out. I haven't evaluated this (no use now that we have our system set up), but it's worth a shot.
--> Jijo
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[More recently, SQL-Ledger went temporarily proprietary, giving rise to a number of forks of the last open source version. One is LedgerSMB. Some while later still, SQL-Ledger went back to GPLv2 open-source licensing. For a very revealing recounting of that history, please see: http://www.purple.dropbear.id.au/sql-ledger-license-changed-no-longer-gpl-when-gpl-software-goes-bad]
Greg Folkert's comment:
AppGen
Appgen Business Software, Inc.
http://www.appgen.com/
Appgen Custom Suite...
Starting @~$995US somewhere ~$4000US for all functionality and 25
users.
http://www.appgen.com/products/appgen_custom_suite.html
Appgen MyBooks Professional
Starting @$249US for 2 concurrent users. $799 for 10 users...
scalable to Custom Suite with 100's of users...
http://www.appgen.com/products/mybooksprofessional.html
Appgen MyBooks
Starting @$99US Single user small business wth limited needs.
http://www.appgen.com/products/mybooks.html
Comparison of MyBooks Pro to Quickbooks and QB Value pack
http://www.appgen.com/products/mybooks_quickbooks.html
Greg follows up:
Yes... it does work.
Order the $7 CD and look at it. ($$$ Mainly for shipping 2nd Day FedEx.) Well worth the $7.
Three customers have looked at it now, three are switching to it. Every companies accountants like it a lot. Easy to use, easy to check (audit), easy to backup... There are options. It connect vis ODBC if you want therefore it should connect or work on any DB supporting its requirements... (obviously MS-SQL isn't the DB of Choice).
I have looked at it on Windows95, Windows98, Windows2K, WindowsXP, Linux (three distros so far)...
It just worked so far...
From: Kevin Philp (kphilp@cybercolloids.net)
To: ILUG ilug@linux.ie
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:57:10 +0000
Subject: [ILUG] Accounting packages
There was some debate earlier this week about accounting packages and the lack of decent ones for Linux. Have a look at www.accpac.com they have just released the new version of their "advantage" and "pro" accounting packages and they both run on Linux. From the blurb it looks like a serious accounting package that runs natively on Linux. Maybe it's only usable in the USA..but its a start. They also include some pretty pictures of it running on a gnome desktop.....if an accounts package can be called pretty!
Kevin.
From: Adam Brown (adam@freestream.com.au)
Subject: Re: Linux Accounting
To: luv@luv.asn.au
Organization: Freestream
X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2]
Missed most of this thread but if you are looking for industrial grade accounting software for LInux have you checked out sql-ledger http://www.sql-ledger.com/ or NOLA http://nola.noguska.com
Ad
From: Rich Bodo (rsb@ostel.com)
To: linux-consultants@softorchestra.com
Subject: Re: [linux-consultants] billing/invoice software
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:02:41 -0800 (PST)
I have sql-ledger installed and I like it a lot in principle. I definitely want my data in a database I can deal with and I definitely want my accounting system open source and I definitely want a Web interface.
Having been involved a couple large open source projects, I understand why docs and support suck for this project, but they still suck. I see comments on the list from the development team that decry basic ease of use features. There is a fork called ck-ledger[1] that seems an improved Web interface, and seems to have a slightly more open minded community, albiet a little less active.
These projects just feel very beta to me. So I'm still looking and I'm still using Quickbooks.
-Rich
Rich Bodo | rsb@ostel.com | 650-964-4678
[1] http://ck-ledger.sourceforge.net/
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:29:25 +1000
From: Andrew Greig (AndrewLGreig@netscape.net)
Subject: Linux Accounting
To: luv@luv.asn.au
Hi all,
Just had this link passed to me by someone who knew of my frustration at being locked into MYOB. I have also looked at quasar, the Canadian accounting package (www.quasar.org), but a quick look over this one indicates it is worthy of a look. 444,000 downloads from Sourceforge in a year! Includes time tracking, which seems to be a current thread as well.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere/
Cheers
Andrew Greig
Thanks to Chandra Amarasingham for this one.
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:56:45 +1000
From: Brian May (bam@snoopy.apana.org.au)
Subject: Quasar (Linux Accounting)
To: Andrew Greig (AndrewLGreig@netscape.net)
Cc: luv@luv.asn.au
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:29:25PM +1000, Andrew Greig
wrote:
> Just had this link passed to me by someone who knew of my
frustration
> at being locked into MYOB. I have also looked at the
Canadian
> accounting package Quasar (www.quasar.org), but a quick look
over this
> one indicates it is worthy of a look. 444,000 downloads
from
> Sourceforge in a year! Includes time tracking, which seems
to be a
> current thread as well.
Its a pity Compiere seems to require Oracle and can't use mysql or postgresql...
I can't help but think that 6 gigs to install a database that
is
required for an accounting package is extremely excessive
(source
http://www.compiere.org/support/install/installOracle.html)
--
Brian May (bam@snoopy.apana.org.au)
[Database independence is being worked on for Compiere, a/o 2003-04. It should be noted that this package is primarily focussed on asset tracking, ERP, and CRM, although it includes full accounting functionality.]
Compiere: Optimize your Inventory, Enter Sales Orders, Receive Orders from the Web, Create Invoices and record Shipments, Collect Receipts (cash, credit cards) & match with Bank Statements, Generate or enter Purchase Orders, Record Supplier Receipts and Invoices, Pay your Suppliers, Enter manual Journals, Print reports and statements.
Kapital from The Kompany (http://www.thekompany.com) is a
proprietary
personal-finance program for Linux with full QuickBooks
compatibility.
Check register, Calendar, Check and report printing, Basic and advanced searching, Predefined categories, New account wizard, Import/Export features for Quicken QIF file format, Budget Tracker, Check Designer, Online Banking.
Quasar, http://www.linuxcanada.com/ fast/easy data entry, quick error correction, financial statements, vendor billing, vendor claims, customer quotes, customer invoices, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cheque writing printing, mailing labels, bank reconciliation, multiple taxes, selling discounts, purchasing charges, Backup and Restore, fast and easy reporting, multiple companies, departments and sub-departments, purchasing and receiving, advanced price management, superior cost management, true landed cost, full margin control, container deposits, create kits, physical counts, multiple case sizes, multiple lookup numbers, multiple vendors per item, sales history, item adjustments, active and stocked status, powerful reporting.
MyBooks, http://www.appgen.com/, Powerful features address the needs of both service and inventory-based businesses and provide everything you need to track and control your sales, customers, vendors, purchases, bank accounts, employees, and inventory items.
Gnucash, http://www.gnucash.org/, easy to
use, account grouping, split
transactions, reconciliation window, stock tracking, Quicken
compatible,
internationalization, reporting/graphing, powerful search, double
entry,
general ledger, stock quotes, check printing, postgres SQL
integration.
Moneydance, http://www.moneydance.com/,
Online banking, Dynamically
loadable extensions (aka plug-ins), Budget management and
tracking,
Stock portfolio and investment management, Transaction
auto-completion,
Transaction search, Check Printing (regular checks, or checks
with
stubs), Multiple currencies (you can even define your own!),
Support for
multiple accounts and true double-entry, An easy to use
checkbook
register-style interface with many shortcuts, Custom 3D and 2D
graphing
with ability to print or export to GIF files, Report generator
with
export to HTML and printing capabilities, QIF (Quicken
Interchange
Format) file import and export, Cleared vs. actual account
balances
updated as you work, Multiple languages (Italian, German,
French,
Brazilian/Portuguese, UK and US English) and number/date
formats,
Scheduled transactions and reminders, Reconciliation tool to
simplify
checkbook balancing, Automatic notification when upgrades are
available,
Extensive transaction sorting options, Support for multiple dates
per
transaction, Support for split transactions, Currency fields
support
math expressions, and automatic currency translation.
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 13:44:23 +1000
From: Richard Keech (rkeech@keech.cx)
Subject: Re: Accounting
To: Linux Users of Victoria (luv@luv.asn.au)
a number of large Australian firms use Pronto on Linux for their financials. see http://www.pronto.com.au/
Pronto is, I believe, based in Melbourne.
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 09:48:50 +1000
From: Robert Browne (robb@alphalink.com.au)
Subject: Accounting
To: LUV mail list (luv@luv.asn.au)
Hi all,
Had a look for commercial accounting, found these:
Muli Management Pty Ltd
www.muli.com.au/
FoxOnLinux financials
www.foxonlinux.com/fox/
Century Software financials - could not view Web site in
lynx
www.centurysoftware.com.au/century
Think they do foxonlinux
The free ones, but do not handle GST:
Gnucash
www.gnucash.org
Linux Canada quasar accounting
www.linuxcanada.com
Or run Windows software in VMware
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 07:22:47 -0700
From: saclug@garymcglinn.com
To: General SacLUG discussing &t;lug-nuts@saclug.org%gt;
Subject: Re: [Lug-nuts] Can a big business really run completely on Linux FOSS?
At UCD, they use a product called Kuali for accounting. For a short while, I worked as a developer on it. It's big and does double-entry accounting and fund tracking. Fund tracking is a feature that most businesses don't use, but universities and other entities that have to report to donors about how their money was spent need it.
It's not exactly FOSS. You can get the code. It's written in Java. But, you can't contribute to the development unless you are a partner. Being a partner is expensive and targets large universities. As far as I can tell, though, you can do what you want to the code for your own use. So, it's free as in beer. I downloaded it and was playing with it at home shortly after I left the university, but went on to more fun things. I guess now you have to become a member (as opposed to a partner), which I think is free, but didn't want to explore.
If you want to see how large enterprises use FOSS, you should take a look at the Kuali Project, kuali.org. It's big money and "mission critical" stuff. FOSS gives these organizations the control and flexibility that they never had when buying a "product" from a vendor.
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