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- [[!wikipedia GNUCash]] - Wikipedia
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- <http://www.gnucash.org/> - Project homepage
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Actually not named "GNUCash" but GnuCash although it is part of the GNU Project.
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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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### 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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[GnuCash is not designed for fund accounting](http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2006-October/017931.html) although it can possibly be configured to use fund accounting.
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<!--
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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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-->
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### Evaluation of [[Fund Accounting|UseCases/FundAccounting]] UseCases
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*Not sure.*
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- [[Fund-only View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fund-view]]: FIXME
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- [[Funds as part of whole org View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]: FIXME
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- [[Ignore Funds for operations|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]: FIXME
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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? Yes
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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]]? No
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- Does it have a [[the ability to explore transactions via documentation linkage|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-explore]]? No
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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? GnuCash has one currency per account, and whenever a transfer occurs between two accounts with different currency you specify the exchange rate.
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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? It does not seem so.
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### Evaluation of WorkFlow UseCases
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There is no specific workflow, GnuCash is a straight-up double-entry accounting program with report generation
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- Is a [[specific workflow dictated by the system|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-dictated]]? No, it's very basic, single-user workflow.
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- Is a [[the workflow configurable|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-configurable]]? No, not that I can find.
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- [[Unaccrued Invoice|UseCases/WorkFlow#unaccrued-invioice]]? It does not seem so
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### Evaluation of the [[Reading and Reporting API|UseCases/ReadingAPI]]
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GnuCash can be configured to store the data in a PostgreSQL, MySQL or SQLite database, where you would have full access to all data from within another application.
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### Evaluation of the [[Storage API|UseCases/StorageAPI]]
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See above
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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]]? Yes
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- Is the [[license GPL-compatible||UseCases/CommunityHealth#gpl-compatible]]? Yes
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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]]? No, does not seem like it.
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- How many
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[[active developers/companies contribute to the project||USeCases/CommunityHealth#dev-count]]? 11
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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]]? Yes
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- How easy it to [[engage as a developer with the community|UseCases/CommunityHealth#dev-welcoming]]? Public IRC channel, public mailing list, public source code repository, public issue tracker.
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