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== Available Documentation == | == Available Documentation == |
Revision as of 02:32, 30 May 2017
GnuCash is the leading GPL'ed Desktop Financial Manager Application. Appropriate for personal and small business use, it is meant to be easy to use and full of features.
There is no registration required to read this wiki or download and install GnuCash, only to edit this wiki. |
Available Documentation
Official GnuCash Documentation
GnuCash offers two major pieces of documentation:
- The Help Manual - a quick reference manual for specific tasks, and
- The Tutorial and Concepts Guide - an in-depth guide to the concepts. It is highly recommended to read at least the first chapters of the guide.
For the latest documentation (i.e., unstable releases of the documentation), or to get documentation for other languages or earlier releases, see the Documentation page on the GnuCash.org website.
GnuCash Wikis
(Parts of) this wiki have been translated into other languages or contain information for one specific language only.
- The German Wiki de/GnuCash Deutsche Wiki-Seiten, im Entstehen.
- The Spanish Wiki es/GnuCash Wiki español.
- The Portugese Wiki pt/GnuCash Sítio Wiki em Português, em andamento.
The GnuCash FAQ
The GnuCash FAQ contains the collection of frequently asked questions about GnuCash, including administration, accounting, and glossary questions.
Using GnuCash
Using GnuCash collects real life experiences using GnuCash. You may find (user) solutions here that are not covered by the documentation.
The Wiki Glossary
The Wiki Glossary explains some often used terms, with additional terms useful for developers, documentation writers, and translators.
More Specific Topics
Here is a section of helpful tips on specific aspects of the use and functionality of GnuCash.
- "Normal" Usage
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Using Scheduled Transactions
- Online Banking: Setting up OFXDirectConnect in GnuCash 2 and AqBanking (FinTS/HBCI)
- Trading Accounts (New since 2.3.8/2.4.0)
- Scripting and Programming:
- How to create some Custom Reports
- Python Bindings
- Notes about the C API
- The GnuCash API
- Error Seaching:
- Logging messages and filtering detail.
- Getting a Stack Trace
External Documentation Resources
These resources are one created by users of GnuCash. They may be useful.
- GnuCash Quick Start Guide For Business Users.
- Also, business users might be interested in a book by PacktPub, UK: GnuCash 2.4 Small Business Accounting, by Ashok Ramachandran
- List to external international documentation and a somewhat outdated list of available online documentation
Installation
Installation instructions for the different operating systems under which GnuCash operates are included below.
Linux
- Debian, Debian packages
- Gentoo
- Mandriva
- RedHat: FC5, RHEL4, CentOS4.3, RHEL5 / SL5.
- SuSE
- Slackware
- Ubuntu
Windows
- Microsoft Windows: GnuCash runs on Windows. Download the binary package from sourceforge.net.
Mac OS X
- GnuCash runs on Mac OS X. Download the binary package from sourceforge.net.
- For compiling GnuCash on Mac OS X, see MacOSXInstallation and specific MacOSX/Quartz tips
Other Operating Systems
Support Options
If you read the relevant parts of the pages above and are still stuck with a problem or only wish to give some feedback, you can contact us in several ways.
Current discussions
Mailing Lists
Most users will probably contact the GnuCash user community through the appropriate language user mailing list (gnucash-user, gnucash-de, gnucash-nl, gnucash-it, gnucash-es, gnucash-fr, gnucash-br). Additional information can be found at Mailing Lists.
IRC Chat
Some users may wish to use IRC chat, usually in english, as the quickest way to get answers.
External support pages
These external support sites have subsections related to GnuCash. They are not maintained by the GnuCash team, so there is no guarantee on the correctness of the information you will find here.
- Stack Exchange includes a forum on money with "gnucash" tagged questions.
Feature requests and bug tracking
- Bugzilla. GnuCash's bug database for error reports and enhancement requests.
- Uservoice Forum. For more general feature requests.
In addition, there is an old WishList on this wiki that users can consult. While this list is not maintained or monitored, users can see some of the things that have been requested in the past.
Third party tools
Several users have published tools to work with GnuCash.
Developing for GnuCash
You may want to check out the GnuCash website for the latest news.
This part of the wiki is intended to become the main repository of GnuCash developer documentation. Some formerly static pages have been moved here from the GnuCash website, but the move is not yet complete. Some remaining static pages may be out of date. Wherever a wiki article disagrees with a static web page on the Website, the wiki article here is more likely to be correct.
Getting involved in the project
The GnuCash Project is a volunteer-driven organization. We need your help to survive and grow, to help others and to help the Project. There are many ways to contribute your knowledge and experience. Contributing to GnuCash identifies a number of ways to get involved. Below are general ways.
Mailing Lists
Subscribing to the mailing lists, and asking and answering questions there, is an excellent way to begin contributing the the success of GnuCash. See Mailing Lists for more.
Filing Bugs and Enhancement Requests
Occasionally, GnuCash will not work the way it was designed to work--or you have an idea for making GnuCash better. Improvements and fixes can be submitted using the Bugzilla bug tracker; more general suggestions can be made via the [1] pages.
Developing the Documentation
- Documentation Update Instructions. This page describes the process to change both the GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide and the Help Manual.
- Documentation. The Doxygen source documentation system and its wiki page.
Translating the Documentation
- Translations gives an overview of this process, but please keep an eye on the Translation Status
Developing the Application Code
Policy
Procedures
- Git access
- Building GnuCash from source code.
- Notes about the Graphical User Interface aka GUI
- Some notes about the GnuCash XML format for the XML Backend.
- The schema for the SQL Backend.
Other Development Notes
- How to improve or add new Account Hierarchy Templates.
- Reminders for the Project Administration
- Special events
- There was a Bounty Program in June / July 2013
- GSoC Google Summer of Code
Future developments
- Our Release Schedule
- Future Roadmap
- A general edited list of requested enhancements: WishList
- Particular enhancements:
- Old discussions about enhancement requests that have been implemented.
- Discussion about the License