I have been using LedgerSMB as when I was looking everything except SQL-Ledger (which got forked to LedgerSMB) was either too expensive (commercial, and a lot didn't run on Linux) or more pain than writing in a ledger book (easier to screw up, and harder to remember what I was doing anyway).
As I haven't looked at options for ages, due to feeling LedgerSMB continues to be a good fit (I switched to them soon after the fork), and mostly fails for me in terms of multiple features I don't really need, or so far haven't even found a use case that works for me, but many over time which I thought I wouldn't use, I do now. don't need to, but it works. I expressed recently that *if* they created a "only new code" version which only had basic accounting features, I could, and would work with it, if that worked mostly like that is currently working. For me, as the interface (web based) is a huge plus over anything I looked at in the past. On Dec 7, 2016 10:32, "james" <gar...@verizon.net> wrote: > Hello, > > > There was some discussion before about the software used for gentoo the > charity (501)(c). It seems to have perked up a bit of discussion on > gnucash, where all of the posting I have read suggest that gnucash is a > wonderful accounting system for charity organizations. There also appears > to be lots of experience and help to. I thought this issue need a separate > thread on gentoo-dev, a robust decision, and a team based solution, if not > a council item. > > Here is the latest posting I have received on the 501(c) subject matter, > I thought I share and formally open up a discussion on the subject: > > > > Here's my original post:: > > Hello gnucash users. > > I use gnucash for my small business, for years and I'm quite happy with > it. Recently, I was ask if Gnucash has as good of support for 501(c)3 > non-profits as does ledger (www.ledger-cli.org)? > > Any and all comments are warmly received. > > James > ........................................ > > The the most recent reply: > > > > > [1] http://www.ledger-cli.org/ > > I regard cli accounting as a friend of GnuCash rather than the > competition, there isn't anything one can do that the other can't in > accounting terms, also notice that cli accounting is becoming less so as > time passes, there are UIs and SQL type reports and so on being added > all the time, the principle is that compared to commercial products you > can, if you really want to, see a stream of transactions in ordinary ABC > and 123 terms, gnc can be dumped to cli and vice versa. > > I'm not saying you or someone else should choose one or the other, I'm > asking you to thunk which is most likely to get people keeping good > records for the benefit of their non-profit. I know that for one > non-profit I help out with a basic cli would be a non-starter, no UI and > the tx simply wouldn't get entered. > > > [2] http://www.accountingcoach.com/nonprofit-accounting/explanation/1 > > worth reading, note the bits about restricted funds, that is what people > that are familiar with for-profit orgs usually struggle with conceptually > > > [3] https://sfconservancy.org/npoacct/ > > that's been updated since I read it last but seems to be more face lift > than new content > > James, you've got some good links there but don't actually say what the > imperatives for your correspondent are. > > I, and I am sure others, are happy to espouse GnuCash, *if we think it > is right* for your org. I don't have enough to go on. There is little > harm in trying it, however, as it is easy enough to get your tx in and > out if cli accounting is your alternative. > > Happy helping and non-profiteering (if that is even a concept in merka > post Trump) > -- > Wm > > ............................................................ > ................. > > > Surely our code of conduct, evidence by principled and publish documents > and the records of expenditures over the years, are quintessential > documents and should experience governance in the sunshine, or no? > > hth, > James > >
