Re: open source alternatives to Quicken

["Tom Metro-12" <user=71@nabble.blu.org>]

 Samuel Baldwin wrote: 
> Maybe you weren't looking for 3rd party input on this. 

Correct. I was looking for feedback from people who have first hand 
experience with the alternatives. 



Laura Conrad wrote: 
> I used [GnuCash] a few years ago when I was treasurer of the Boston 
> Recorder Society.  For just the checkbook stuff, it's pretty good. 

OK, thanks. 

Certainly GnuCash is one of the oldest and best known alternatives, but 
after initial experiences when setting it up for a family member, I 
wondered if there was something better. 

I have over 30 open source accounting programs bookmarked - a well 
represented category - so the potential that something better exists is 
good. More specifically, I'm looking for something that is not a 
web-based application, yet is cross platform (Linux and Windows), and is 
aimed at managing personal finances. 


Al Wheeler wrote: 
>> What did you try and why didn't they work for you? 
> 
> Maybe only a few... Off the top of my head, GnuCash (i 
> don't recall my problem), JMoney (I think a lot of 
> categories/groups/accounts did not exist and creating them was 
> exhausting - this problem might have been a different application...), 
> GFP (I'm pretty sure I tried this one and it just did not install), 
> jGnash (had to have been one, because apart from GnuCash I only chose 
> highly downloaded Java applications). On reviewing the projects at 
> SourceForge, I think these might be all. Sorry I cannot recall more detail.