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GnuCash

Personal finance and accounting software

Overview

What GnuCash does

GnuCash is a free, open-source accounting software for personal and small business use. Offers double-entry bookkeeping, reporting, and multi-currency support.

What people use it for

  • Personal finance tracking with a checkbook register interface
  • Double-entry bookkeeping for a small business
  • Tracking stocks, bonds and mutual fund accounts
  • Importing transactions via QIF, OFX or HBCI
  • Scheduled recurring transactions and financial reports

The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about GnuCash.

  • Desktop only, with no mobile application
  • Version 3.11 is the last release supporting Windows 7 and macOS 10.12 and earlier
  • Uses strict double-entry accounting, so every transaction needs two sides

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What people choose instead of GnuCash

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Pricing

What GnuCash costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Open Source

Free

  • Double-entry bookkeeping
  • Multi-currency support
  • Reports and graphs

Capabilities

Features

  • Double-entry bookkeeping

    Double-entry bookkeeping capability

  • Multi-currency support

    Multi-currency support capability

  • Reports and graphs

    Reports and graphs capability

  • Budget tracking

    Budget tracking capability

  • Import/Export

    Integration with Import/Export

  • OFX format

    Integration with OFX format

  • Windows support

    Available on Windows

  • Mac support

    Available on Mac

  • Linux support

    Available on Linux

Behind it

Who makes GnuCash

Company
GnuCash Project
Based in
Open Source Community

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