[svlug] Freeware accounting package for Linux

[Bryan-TheBS-Smith]

Felipe Leme wrote:
> Do you mean accounting-specific or financial-generic?
> I have no idea for the former, but for the later there
> is gnucash (www.gnucash.org).

I do have an idea for the former:  SQL-Ledger
   http://www.sql-ledger.org

It is a _true_ double-entry accounting system, aka General Ledger
(GL), with full Account Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR) as
well as very extensive Inventorying and Invoicing options.  These
later components make it very nice for many retail businesses.  Best
of all, it _is_ "production quality" _today_, unlike many other OSS
projects in development.  I have been using it for my small business
for several months now (founded in may).

Version 1.6 was just released earlier this month, which now includes
its own HTTP-server (so you don't have to worry about Apache
configuration).  It does require a full-up SQL backend (PostgreSQL
recommend, very easy to install on an existing RedHat server), but
that means its not storing its data in a flimpsy flat-file DB.  It
also means it is a true multiuser accounting system that could
easily be used to run a moderately sized accounting department at a
major firm.

There is also work in progress to integrated POS features with
Gibbon (http://gibbon.sourceforge.net) as well as Project Management
and Timekeeping (for Payroll) with PHPGroupware
(http://www.phpgroupware.org).

Since it is HTTP-based, you can try out a demo of the system at
their site.  It also means you don't have to be in front of the
computer where your data is at, let alone your accountant or lawyer
(which is very nice ;-).  If security is a concern, you can use SSH
to tunnel it or, for those less technical, add a little stunnel line
to your inetd (so anyone with a web browser can use it).

-- TheBS

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