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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.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • BSD
  • PortableApps.com
3.7 / 5 Avg rating (18)
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Online Banking
  2.  Bookkeeping
  3.  Account hierarchy
  4.  Double Entry Accounting
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Bank Reconciliation
  7.  Works Offline
  8.  Recurring Billing
  9.  Portable
  10.  Import CSV Data
  11.  No registration required
  12.  Money Tracking
  13.  Multiple languages
  14.  Business Automation
  15.  Stock Watchlist

 Tags

  • FOSS
  • Accounting
  • money-organizer
  • money-saving
  • bank-account-management
  • bank-account
  • banking-and-mortgages
  • finance-planning
  • money-saver
  • banks
  • ofx
  • finances
  • money-organization
  • finance-management
  • personal-budget
  • financial
  • finance-software
  • budget-calculator

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Comment summary: GnuCash is a powerful accounting tool, but it requires learning double-entry bookkeeping. Users highlight its complexity, clunky interface, and manual setup processes but acknowledge that it is reliable once mastered. While some find it robust and feature-rich, others criticize the lack of user-friendliness, especially for home use. The program is appreciated for its cross-platform capabilities and free availability despite its usability challenges. Improvements in import features and user interface are suggested.
Top Positive Comment
bgh251f2
Oct 20, 2011
5

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.

Top Negative Comment
endolith
Jan 21, 2011
5
  • Interface is pretty clunky, especially on Windows.
  • Lots of tedious clicking and mousing required.
  • Claims that it's going to detect duplicates, but then doesn't.
  • Can't import more than one QIF file at a time. You have to manually type the account name and click 6 places for every single file, and the file order in the file chooser reverts each time so they're not in order.
  • Categories are called "accounts"?
  • 5 clicks to assign a category to a transaction. Every. Single. Transaction.
  • And if you try to type the category: "The account Dining does not exist. Would you like to create it?" NO I WANT YOU TO USE "Expenses:Dining", STUPID. I have to type in the whole thing each time? I should be able to type "din" and press enter because you understand what I mean and have highlighted "Expenses:Dining".
  • I can't assign a category to every transaction with a specific company? I have to manually edit every single one? I should be able to assign categories by search keyword or just by selecting a bunch of transactions and editing them all at once.
Logician
Jun 20, 2022

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.

Logician
Jun 20, 2022

And this app is mis-categorized! It shouldn't be under Home/Backup & Sync!

Logician
Jun 20, 2022

It should be under Business & Commerce, with Quicken and Mint.

nolaray
Mar 1, 2024
0

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.

mariediveja
Feb 29, 2024
0

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.

Tyrand
Aug 21, 2022
0

You are forced to use Sunday as the start of the week.

Korwin
Aug 2, 2022
1

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.

jhertel
Jan 23, 2022
4

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.

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What is GnuCash?

GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

Designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.

Main features

  • Double Entry
  • Checkbook-Style Register
  • Scheduled Transactions
  • Reports, Graphs
  • Statement Reconciliation
  • Income/Expense Account Types

Advanced features

  • Small Business Accounting Features
  • Multiple Currencies
  • Stock/Mutual Fund Portfolios
  • Online Stock & Mutual Fund Quotes

Data storage and exchange features

  • Experimental database support
  • QIF and OFX Import
  • HBCI Support

Other goodies

  • Multiplatform
  • Localization
  • Transaction Finder
  • Check Printing
  • Mortgage & Loan Repayment Assistant
  • User Manual and Help

Official Links

GnuCash information

  • Developed by

    US flagThe GnuCash Project
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.7 (18 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    281 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Catalan; Valencian
    • German
    • Spanish
    • French
    • Hebrew
    • Croatian
    • Indonesian
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Hungarian
    • Dutch
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Chinese

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GitHub repository

  •  3,791 Stars
  •  845 Forks
  •  60 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 15, 2025 
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Our users have written 21 comments and reviews about GnuCash, and it has gotten 388 likes

GnuCash was added to AlternativeTo by ankylo on Apr 8, 2009 and this page was last updated Apr 27, 2025. GnuCash is sometimes referred to as Gnu Cash.