Within a matter of minutes you will be able to enter your personal
finance information and generate color graphs that represent your
financial status. If you can use the register in the back of your
checkbook - you can use ! Type directly into the register, tab
between fields, and use quick-fill to automatically complete
transactions. The interface is customizable from within the application
itself.
Easy to Use Menus: menus conform
to the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines. This means that they are
simple and similar in appearance to many other GNOME
applications.
Documentation: has built-in Help
and extensive Users Guide documentation.
Import Methods: supports many
ways to input transactions besides manual entry. If you can access
your bank accounts on-line, this is especially useful, as most banks
and credit card companies support one of the following import
methods. You will spend less time entering data and more time
analyzing results.
Quicken Import File (QIF): Import Quicken QIF style files, a popular file format with many commercial personal finance software packages.
Open Financial Exchange (OFX):
is the first free software application to support the
Open Financial Exchange protocol. Many financial institutions
are moving towards this format.
Home Banking Computer Interface
(HBCI): is the first free software
application to support the German Home Banking Computer
Interface protocol. This protocol includes statement download,
initiates bank transfers, and makes direct debits
possible.
Reports: comes with over 30
prebuilt reports, including Account Summary, Income, Expenses,
Transaction Report, Balance Sheet, Profit&Loss, Portfolio
Valuation, and many others. Reports support graphical views of the
data, including pie charts, bar charts, and scatter plots. The
reports can be exported to HTML files, and are easily
customized.
Scheduled Transactions: now has
the ability to automatically create and enter transactions, or
remind you when these transactions are due, giving you the choice of
entering, postponing or removing the automated transaction.
Mortgage and Loan Repayment Assistant: Used to set up a variable payment loan scheduled transaction.
Easy Account Reconciliation: Integrated
reconciliation makes reconciling your accounts with
statements simple and effective.
Multi-platform Compatibility:
is supported on a variety
of platforms and operating systems. The list of fully
supported operating systems (and platforms) for
is: GNU/Linux
(x86, x86_64), FreeBSD (x86, x86_64), OpenBSD (x86, x86_64),
MacOS (64-bit Intel), and Microsoft Windows (Windows 7 and
later). Previous versions of
have been known to work
with, SGI IRIX (MIPS), IBM AIX 4.1.5 (RS/6000), Unixware 7
(Intel), SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 (Intel), and Solaris (Sparc)
but their current status is unknown.
includes a number of investment features that allow you to track all your investments. With
you can track stocks individually (one per account) or in a portfolio of accounts (a group of accounts that can be displayed together).
supports online stock and mutual fund quotes. This means you no longer need to look up stock prices one at a
time. The process can be automated, and you can see the latest value of your stocks.
is truly an application that works with and understands
users from all around the world. There are many built-in features to
facilitate interaction with the international world we live in
today.
Native Languages: has been fully
translated into 12 languages: Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English,
French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish and
Swedish. More than 25 other languages are partially
supported.
International Format Handling:
understands that different countries display the date and numbers differently.
You are able to work with the date and number formats you are accustomed
to.
Multiple Currencies and Currency Trading: Multiple currencies are supported and can be bought and sold (traded). Currency movements between accounts remain fully balanced if "Trading Accounts" is enabled.
On-line exchange rates:
With , you no longer need look up your exchange rates one at a
time. The process can be automated, to always present you with the
account values converted to your preferred currency using the latest
exchange rates.
has many features to support the needs of the business
accounting community.
Accounts Receivable/Payable: has
an integrated Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable system. You
can track Customers, Vendors, Invoicing and Bill Payment, and use
different Tax and Billing Terms in a small business.
Depreciation: can track
depreciation of capital assets.
Reports: offers a wide variety of
ready-to-use business reports.
For those knowledgeable in accounting, here is a list of s
accounting features.
Double Entry: Every transaction must debit one account and credit others by an equal amount. This ensures the “books balance” - that the difference between income and expense exactly equals the sum of all bank, cash, stock and other assets.
Split Transactions: A single transaction can be split into several pieces to record taxes, fees, and other compound entries.
Chart of Accounts: A master account can have a hierarchy of detail accounts underneath it. This allows similar account types such as Cash, Bank, or Stock to be grouped into a master account such as “Assets”.
General Journal: One register window can display multiple accounts at the same time. This eases the trouble of tracking down typing/entry errors. It also provides a convenient way of viewing a portfolio of many stocks, by showing all transactions in that portfolio.
Income/Expense Account Types (Categories): These categorize your cash flow and, when used properly with the double-entry feature, will provide an accurate Profit&Loss statement.