GnuCash
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GnuCash is a versatile financial-accounting software designed for both personal and small-business use. With features like double-entry, scheduled transactions, and multi-currency support, it operates across various platforms, including Windows, Mac, and Linux, ensuring accuracy through professional principles.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
Features
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Recent News
- POX published news article about GnuCash
GnuCash 5.9 released with several new features, improvements, and bug fixesGnuCash, the personal and small-business financial-accounting software, has released version 5.9, m...
- POX published news article about GnuCash
Personal finance software GnuCash has released version 5.0 with new features and improvementsGnuCash, a program for personal and small-business financial-accounting, has released its version 5...
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What is GnuCash?
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Open Source and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 3.7Alternatives
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Business & CommerceGitHub repository
- 3,791 Stars
- 845 Forks
- 60 Open Issues
- Updated Jun 15, 2025
Comments and Reviews
I've been using GnuCash on Fedora, Ubuntu and the portable version on Windows 7 and Xp and i've nothing bad to say. Importing from banks work great once you learn how to use it better. Works with Banco do Brasil OFX export feature.
Eu uso o GnuCash no Fedora, Ubuntu e uso a versão portátil no Windows 7 e XP e não tenho o que reclamar. Importar de Bancos funciona muito bem uma vez que você aprende como se faz. Dá para usar os arquivos OFX exportados no banco do Brasil.
This "top negative comment" is 11 years old. OK, I'm going to bite the bullet and try the app and report back on these issues.
And this app is mis-categorized! It shouldn't be under Home/Backup & Sync!
It should be under Business & Commerce, with Quicken and Mint.
GnuCash is a powerful tool for managing your money. It requires some knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping, but this also helps you maintain accuracy and transparency. By adapting your finances to the GnuCash model, you can make smart and elegant decisions.
GnuCash is a powerful tool for managing your money. It requires some basic knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping, but this also helps you maintain accuracy and transparency. By adapting your finances to the GnuCash model, you can make smart and elegant decisions.
You are forced to use Sunday as the start of the week.
Help on the application: “a simple accounting program”. Knowledge of accounting by the user is required. "GnuCash is easy to learn" is not true for those who do not know accounting and its terminology. Site without Russian language. Wiki too. Folder with installed application - 8590 (!) files. "If you are just starting (...) try to control your checkbook with it" - has anyone in Russia seen a checkbook live? "Then you might decide to track your out-of-pocket and credit card spending" - why a credit card and not, for example, a debit card? "Did you buy a car or a house? GnuCash will help you plan investments and track loan repayments" - i.e. does buying a car involve a mandatory loan?.. In short, it is impossible to understand the application without help on it, but it is also impossible to read a disgustingly written manual.
The developers seem to have a deeply naive understanding of user experience: They require you to use the mouse instead of accelerator keys, and uses non-standard ways of selecting files (why not just use the operating system's built-in file picker? Why do I have to click my way to a file through a deep folder hierarchy if I have the whole path already on the clipboard, ready to paste?). Use standards, for God's sake, and don't reinvent the wheel – even in a much worse way than the standard. Using this program is just deeply frustrating for power users (and probably other users too, but they might just blame themselves). I have tried to give it a chance several times over many years and each time had to give up in frustration due to the needlessly dysfunctional user interface.