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<h1>About GnuCash</h1>
<p> GnuCash is a program to keep track of your finances. Its
features include:</p>
<ul>
<li><b> Multiple accounts,</b> which can be open at the same
time. Create an GnuCash account for each of your bank
accounts.</li>
<li>Each account maintains both a running balance and a
reconciled balance, so you can keep track of the checks that
have cleared your account.</li>
<li>
<b>A simple user interface.</b>
<p> If you can use the register in the back of your
checkbook, you can use <tt>GnuCash.</tt></p>
</li>
<li>
<b> <a href="xacc-recnwin.html"> Automated Tools for
Reconciling Accounts.</a></b>
<p>At the end of the month, open up the <b> reconcile</b>
window, enter the ending balance from your bank statement,
and check off the transactions that appear in the bank
statement. This agrees what you have recorded in GnuCash
with what your bank has reported, and makes it easier to
track down any discrepancies.</p>
</li>
<li>
<b> QuickFill.</b>
<p> If you begin typing in the description field, and the
text matches a previous transaction, hitting <tt> TAB</tt>
will copy in that previous transaction. This is a handy
time saver if you regularly create similar
transactions.</p>
</li>
<li>
<b>Stock/Mutual Fund Portfolios.</b>
<p> Track stocks individually (one per account) or in
portfolio of accounts (a group of accounts that can be
displayed together).</p>
<p> There are tools to <a href="xacc-ticker.html">
automatically collect stock quotes.</a></p>
</li>
<li>
Support for <b> <a href="xacc-currency.html"> multiple
currencies</a></b> and <b> currency trading accounts.</b>
(partial, still broken).
<p> Bank accounts may be established in different
currencies, and trades at varying exchange rates may be
made, in much the same way stocks trade at varying
prices.</p>
</li>
<li>
<b><a href="xacc-quicken.html#QIF">Quicken File
Import</a>.</b>
<p> Imports Quicken-style QIF files.</p>
</li>
<li><b> <a href="xacc-reports.html">Reports</a>.</b> Display
or output as HTML Balance, Transaction, andProfit/Loss reports,
as well as graphical account balance tracking (requires gnuplot).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Advanced Features</h2>
<p> GnuCash offers some features not found in simpler
accounting programs.</p>
<ul>
<li>
<b> <a href="xacc-groups.html"> Account Hierarchy</a></b>
<p>A master account can have a hierarchy of more detailed
accounts arranged underneath it. This allows related
account types (<em>e.g.</em> - Cash, Bank, Stock) to be
grouped under one master account (<em> e.g.</em> -
Assets).</p>
</li>
<li>
<b> <a href="xacc-double.html">Double Entry</a></b>
<p>Every transaction involves two accounts, and <em> each
transaction</em> is required to balance. This provides
assurance that the overall set of books will add up
correctly, and prevents out-of-balance errors
altogether.</p>
</li>
<li>
<b> <a href="xacc-expense.html"> Income/Expense Account
Types</a></b>
<p> Intuit's <a href="xacc-quicken.html"> Quicken</a>
product has what they call "categories" that are used to
track incomes and expenses. These may be used to create
Profit/Loss reports.</p>
</li>
<li>
<b> General Ledger</b>
<p> Multiple accounts may be displayed in one register
window at the same time. This can make it easier to track
down data errors. It also provides a convenient way of
viewing a portfolio of many stocks, by showing all
transactions in that portfolio.</p>
</li>
<li><b> Handling of <a href="xacc-currency.html"> multiple
currencies</a></b></li>
</ul>
<h2>Versioning</h2>
<p> The versioning scheme for GnuCash parallels that of the
Linux kernel, where "even" sub-versions indicate versions that
are intended to be stable, only seeing maintenance to fix bugs,
and "odd" sub-versions indicate an "experimental" stream that
seeks to add enhancement.</p>
<p> The present "experimental" stream is gnucash-1.3.x, which
is somewhat unstable.</p>
<p> The latest stable release is 1.2.x; if you don't intend to
do development work, you should be using either this version,
or an older 1.0.x version. These versions are fairly stable,
with all currently known bugs fixed.</p>
<p> Once the 1.3.x series stabilizes, the next stable series
will be 1.4.x, and experimentation will likely continue on
1.5.x.</p>
<p> If you wish to "hack" on the experimental version, you
should first start by reading through the <a href=
"projects.html"> GnuCash Project Goals</a> document in order to
get some perspective on the overall design.</p>
<h2>Lead Developers</h2>
<dl>
<dt> <a href="mailto:rclark@hmc.edu"> Robin Clark</a></dt>
<dd>wrote the original X-Accountant in Motif as a school
project, taking it to version 0.9 by October 1997.</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:linas@linas.org"> Linas Vepstas</a></dt>
<dd>liked what he saw: the GUI was slick, the code was
documented and well structured, and it was all GPL'ed. And so
he re-wrote it: adding cell-widgets to XbaeMatrix, so that
the combobox and arrows would make an even slicker GUI,
rewrote the X-Accountant internals to add double-entry, an
account hierarchy, split out a transaction mini-engine, add
support for stocks, and spiff up the help menus. This was
version 1.0 as of January 1998. Since then, for version 1.1,
the engine was expanded and refined, and the register window
code completely redesigned and made mostly Motif-(and
GUI-)independent. Did some prototype OFX work.</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:jcollins@gnucash.org"> Jeremy
Collins</a></dt>
<dd>publicized the GnoMoney project widely and broadly, and
then changed its name to GnuCash. Jeremy created the
gnucash.org web site, registered the domain, got the initial
GTK/gnome code working.</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:rlb@cs.utexas.edu"> Rob
Browning</a></dt>
<dd>abused everyone for not using perl, and then added
guile/scheme support. Rob maintains the build infrastructure,
is handling the whole guile/perl extension language thing,
and is dealing with configuration and configurability.</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:schoenberger@signsoft.com"> Dirk
Schoenberger</a></dt>
<dd>is working on the Qt/KDE port</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:peticola@cs.ucdavis.edu"> Dave
Peticolas</a></dt>
<dd>hacks obsessively on GnuCash. But he can stop anytime he
wants to. Really.</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Fixers and Patchers</h2>
<p> The <em> cast of thousands</em> includes:</p>
<dl>
<dt> <a href="mailto:arensb@cfar.umd.edu"> Andrew
Arensburger</a></dt>
<dd>for FreeBSD and other patches</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:matt_armstrong@bigfoot.com"> Matt
Armstrong</a></dt>
<dd>for misc fixes</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:fred@moremagic.com"> Fred Baube</a></dt>
<dd>for attempted Java port/MoneyDance</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:dennisb@cs.chalmers.se"> Dennis
Bj<42>rklund</a></dt>
<dd>Swedish translation</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:bojsen@worldnet.att.net"> Per Bojsen</a></dt>
<dd>several core dump fixes</dd>
<dt> <a href="http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne"> Christopher B.
Browne</a></dt>
<dd>for perl stock scripts, Guile-based QIF import code, lots
of changes to English documentation, and lots of guile code</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:grahamc@zeta.org.au"> Graham
Chapman</a></dt>
<dd>for the xacc-rpts addon package</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:georgec@sco.com"> George Chen</a></dt>
<dd>for MS-Money QIF support</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailtochina@thewrittenword.com">Albert
Chin-A-Young</a></dt>
<dd>configure.in patch</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:jcollins@gnucash.org"> Jeremey
Collins</a></dt>
<dd>for GnoMoney and GTK port</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:pcondon@rackspace.com"> Patrick
Condron</a></dt>
<dd>for webserver and T1 connection.</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:Ciaran.Deignan@bull.net"> Ciaran
Deignan</a></dt>
<dd>for AIX binary version</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:tyson@tyse.net"> Tyson Dowd</a></dt>
<dd>for config/make patches and debian maintenance</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:ripley@xs4all.nl"> Koen D'Hondt</a></dt>
<dd>for Solaris patches to XmHTML</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:bob@mostly.com"> Bob Drzyzgula</a></dt>
<dd>for budgeting design notes</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:pjf@schools.net.au"> Paul Fenwick</a></dt>
<dd>ASX support</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:ju_finck@mail.netwave.de"> Jan-Uwe
Finck</a></dt>
<dd>for German message translation</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:rjf@aracnet.com"> Ron Forrester</a></dt>
<dd>for gnome patches</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:DFreese@osc.uscg.mil"> Dave
Freese</a></dt>
<dd>for leap-year fix</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:grib@billgribble.com"> Bill Gribble</a></dt>
<dd>qif importation code</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:otto@bug.redhat.com"> Otto
Hammersmith</a></dt>
<dd>for RedHat RPM packaging</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:haral@codec.ro"> Alexandru
Harsanyi</a></dt>
<dd>for fixing miscellaneous core dumps and lockups.</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:jk@isdn-a33.itea.ntnu.no"> Jon K}re
Hellan</a></dt>
<dd>for fixing miscellaneous core dumps and lockups.</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:PrakashK@bigfoot.com"> Prakash
Kailasa</a></dt>
<dd>for gnome build fixes</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:tkludy@csd.sgi.com"> Tom Kludy</a></dt>
<dd>for SGI Irix port</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:sk@xgm.de"> Sven Kuenzler</a></dt>
<dd>for SuSE README file</dd>
<dt><a href="mailto:blarsen@ada-works.com"> Bryan Larsen</a></dt>
<dd>guile budget report</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:mellon@andare.fugue.com"> Ted
Lemon</a></dt>
<dd>for NetBSD port</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:y-le-ny@ifrance.com"> Yannick Le
Ny</a></dt>
<dd>pour la traduction en francais</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:glikely@nortelnetworks.com"> Grant
Likely</a></dt>
<dd>gnome and engine patches</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:martinh@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu"> Heath
Martin</a></dt>
<dd>major work on the gnome register</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:mgmartin@abacusnet.net"> Matt
Martin</a></dt>
<dd>guile error handling code</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:rgmerk@mira.net"> Robert Graham
Merkel</a></dt>
<dd>reporting, gnome, and configuration patches.</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:mooney@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu"> Tim
Mooney</a></dt>
<dd>port to alpha-dec-osf4.0f</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:gam3@ann.softgams.com"> G. Allen Morris
III</a></dt>
<dd>for QIF core dump fix</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:spacey@inch.com"> Peter Norton</a></dt>
<dd>for a valiant attempt at a GTK port</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:webmaster@obsidian.uia.net">
OmNiBuS</a></dt>
<dd>web site graphics and content</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:mopyr@IPM.Lviv.UA"> Myroslav
Opyr</a></dt>
<dd>for misc patches</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:laurent.pelecq@wanadoo.fr"> Laurent
P{'e}lecq</a></dt>
<dd>i18n patches with gettext</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:Alain.Peyrat@nmu.alcatel.fr"> Alain
Peyrat</a></dt>
<dd>for <tt>configure.in</tt> patches</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:peter@wuzel.m.isar.de"> Peter
Pointner</a></dt>
<dd>motif and configuration patches</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:maufk@csv.warwick.ac.uk"> Gavin
Porter</a></dt>
<dd>for euro style dates</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:rr@sco.com"> Ron Record</a></dt>
<dd>for SCO Unixware and OpenServer binaries</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:jan.schrage@urz.uni-heidelberg.de"> Jan
Schrage</a></dt>
<dd>documentation patches</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:cls@seawood.org"> Christopher
Seawood</a></dt>
<dd>for XbaeMatrix core dump</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:msimons@fsimons01.erols.com"> Mike
Simons</a></dt>
<dd>misc <tt> configure.in</tt> patches</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:rich@brake.demon.co.uk"> Richard
Skelton</a></dt>
<dd>for Solaris cleanup</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:spruth@bigfoot.com"> Henning
Spruth</a></dt>
<dd>for German text and euro date rework</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:parys@freewwweb.com"> Robby Stephenson</a></dt>
<dd>register patch</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:tma@iis.fhg.de"> Herbert Thoma</a></dt>
<dd>gnome register patch</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:detrout@earthlink.net"> Diane
Trout</a></dt>
<dd>scheme qif import patch</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:rob@valinux.com"> Rob Walker</a></dt>
<dd>guile and register patches</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:dwmw2@infradead.org"> David Woodhouse</a></dt>
<dd>Great Britain translations</dd>
<dt> <a href="mailto:gooch@ic.EECS.Berkeley.EDU"> Ken
Yamaguchi</a></dt>
<dd>QIF import fixes; MYM import</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Supported Operating Systems</h2>
gnucash-1.0.18 (xacc-1.0.18) is known to work on the following
systems:
<ul>
<li>Linux 2.0.x -- Intel w/ RedHat Motif</li>
<li>Linux 2.0.x -- Intel w/ Lesstif v0.81</li>
<li>Linux Debian -- Intel w/ Lesstif v0.81</li>
<li>SGI IRIX -- MIPS</li>
<li>IBM AIX 4.1.5 -- RS/6000</li>
<li>SCO Unixware 7 -- Intel</li>
<li>SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 -- Intel</li>
<li>NetBSD -- Intel</li>
</ul>
<p> <a href="http://www.gnucash.org/"> <img src=
"logos/linux.gif"></a> <a href="http://www.sco.com/skunkware">
<img src="logos/skunkware.gif"></a> <a href=
"http://www.bull.de/pub/"><img src="logos/bullogogross.gif">
<a href="http://www.ibm.com"> <img src="logos/ibm.gif"></a>
<a href="http://www.sgi.com"> <img src="logos/sgi.gif"></a>
<a href="http://www.debian.org"> <img src="logos/debian.jpg"></a>
<a href="http://www.netbsd.org"> <img src= "logos/NetBSD-banner.gif">
</p>
<h2>History</h2>
The table below shows some historical lines-of-code and
number-of-files counts for the X-Accountant/GnuCash development
project <br>
<table border="1">
<caption>
Historical Development Stats
</caption>
<tr align="center">
<th>Version</th>
<th>engine</th>
<th>register</th>
<th>ledger</th>
<th>motif</th>
<th>gnome</th>
<th>qt</th>
<th>prefs (scm)</th>
<th>docs (html)</th>
<th>misc</th>
<th>Total</th>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>xacc-0.9<br>
Sept 97</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>34 files<br>
(7.5+0.9)</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>5 files<br>
(0.4)</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>39 files<br>
(8.8)</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>xacc-0.9w<br>
Dec 97</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>51 files<br>
(13.8+1.5)</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9 files<br>
(0.8)</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>60 files<br>
(16.1)</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>xacc-1.0.17<br>
Feb 98</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>52 files<br>
(14.8+1.8)</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12 files<br>
(1.4)</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>64 files<br>
(18.0)</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>gnucash-1.1.15<br>
Aug 98</td>
<td>24 files<br>
(6.2+1.5)</td>
<td>31 files<br>
(6.1+1.7)</td>
<td>5 files<br>
(1.4+0.4)</td>
<td>30 files<br>
(7.4+0.7)</td>
<td>17 files<br>
(3.4+0.5)</td>
<td>16 files<br>
(1.2+0.2)</td>
<td>3 files<br>
(0.3)</td>
<td>16 files<br>
(1.9)</td>
<td>not counted<br>
(&gt;1.0)</td>
<td>142 files<br>
(32.9)</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> Each cell contains:<br>
<br>
number of *c and *.h files<br>
(KLOCS in *.c + KLOCS in *.h),</p>
<p> where KLOC == kilo-lines-of-code, as reported by <tt>
wc</tt>.</p>
<hr>
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