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Links:
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- [[!wikipedia GNUCash]] - Wikipedia
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- <http://www.gnucash.org/> - Project homepage
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2013-11-27 15:51:18 +00:00
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Actually not named "GNUCash" but GnuCash although it is part of the GNU Project.
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2013-10-23 21:04:49 +00:00
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## Technical
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- C/C++ with CMake + make
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- Scheme
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## Preliminary evaluation
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### Positive
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- [Cross-platform](http://www.gnucash.org/)
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- [Track record](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuCash#Users) with 501(c)3 orgs.
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- [Very mature codebase](http://www.ohloh.net/p/gnucash)
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### Negative
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- Uses svn for source code management.
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2013-10-31 17:16:26 +00:00
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### Comments
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Josh Berkus: from my perspective, this has all of the drawbacks of ledger-cli, without the advantages.
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<a id="evaluation"></a>
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## Evaluation
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### Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases
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- [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: Yes
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- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: Yes
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- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: Yes
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- [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: Yes
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- [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: Yes
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- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: Yes
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### Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases for Fund Accounting
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Can each of these reports be generated, confined to a specific temporarily
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restricted asset type?
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- [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: FIXME
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- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: FIXME
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- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: FIXME
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- [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: FIXME
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- [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: FIXME
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- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: FIXME
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### Evaluation of [[Fund Accounting|UseCases/FundAccounting]] UseCases
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- [[Fund-only View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fund-view]]
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- [[Funds as part of whole org View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]
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- [[Ignore Funds for operations|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]
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### [[UseCases/Collaborating]] evaluation
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- [[Simultaneous Editing of Ledger|UseCases/Collaborating#simultaneous-ledger-edits]]: FIXME
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- FIXME: Other uses cases need rewrite.
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### Evaluation of [[Double-entry Accounting|UseCases/DoubleEntryAccounting]] UseCases
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- Does the system implement pure double-entry accounting?
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### Evaluation of [[TrackingDocumentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation]] UseCases
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- Does the system [[link up to external documentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-up]]?
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- Does it have a [[the ability to explore transactions via documentation linkage|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-explore]]?
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### Evaluation of [[Handling multiple currencies|UseCases/MultiCurrency]] UseCases
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- Does it support the concept of
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[[a single functional currency|UseCases/MultiCurrency]], while still
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permitting multi-currency entries?
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### Evaluation of [[draft transaction|UseCases/DraftTransactions]] UseCases
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- Does the system allow
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[[generally for draft transactions|UseCases/DraftTransactions#draft-general]]
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that can be later approved before officially being posted to the books?
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### Evaluation of WorkFlow UseCases
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- Is a [[specific workflow dictated by the system|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-dictated]] ?
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- Is a [[the workflow configurable|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-configurable]] ?
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- [[Unaccrued Invoice|UseCases/WorkFlow#unaccrued-invioice]] ?
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### Evaluation of the [[Reading and Reporting API|UseCases/ReadingAPI]]
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FIXME: This is assessment of what the API for manipulating the accounting
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data does, so I think it's tough to do it as a list of questions.
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### Evaluation of the [[Storage API|UseCases/StorageAPI]]
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FIXME: This is assessment of what the API for storing the accounting data
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does, so I think it's tough to do it as a list of questions.
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### Evaluation of the [[Community Health|UseCases/CommunityHealth]]
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- Is the [[license both determined as Free Software by FSF and OSI-approved|USeCases/CommunityHealth#license-approved]]?
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- Is the [[license GPL-compatible||UseCases/CommunityHealth#gpl-compatible]]?
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- Does the project
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[[require assignment of copyright or a CLA to get code upstreamed|UseCases/CommunityHealth#no-cla-for-profit]]?
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- How many
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[[active developers/companies contribute to the project||USeCases/CommunityHealth#dev-count]]?
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* If there aren't many, how hard would it be to take over the project if needed?
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- Is there good [[developer documentation|UseCases/CommunityHealth#dev-docs]]?
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- How easy it to [[engage as a developer with the community|UseCases/CommunityHealth#dev-welcoming]]?
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