Accounting and Financial Software

At last check there weren't many alternates in this field of software, particularly where packages such as Quicken or Peachtree would be the preferred choice. Though one of the open source solutions may work well depending on what is required in financial software. If a custom financial package is needed, using open source is a great starting point.

• Fatwallet Financial Forums - Topic reviewing several open source financial programs, such as GNUCash, jGnash, Grisbi, KMyMoney, SQL Ledger
• GnuCash - "GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris and Mac OSX.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."
• TurboCash - "TurboCASH is much more than a simple 'home finances' or small business bookkeeping system (compare us to Quickbooks and Sage and see why). Small business accounting software providers typically release a low-end product for 100 that excludes such basic features as stock control. TurboCASH includes most functions a business will ever need: debtors, creditors, general ledger, full stock control, VAT accounting, invoicing, bank reconciliation, trial balance, balance sheet and income statements, full reporting and analysis, as well as mutli-company and multi-user capabilities. TurboCASH accounting software is flexible. It can be configured for any country and any small business. We currently have chart of accounts available for free download for the UK and USA. More countries are being added continually. We have embraced the General Public License, and strive to provide powerful small business accounting software that doesn't break the bank."