open source alternative to quickbooks

[boblucci]

does anyone know of anything?

[trickster]

I think there is little that can be compared to Quickbooks. From what I've read, only thing similar is SQL Ledger. Another alternative (for linux) would be to use CrossOffice to run Quickbooks under linux.

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[boblucci]

thanks trickster that was a huge help!!

[trickster]

[pinhead1one]

Try TurboCash http://www.turbocashuk.com/index.html

I haven't used it myself, but someone I know has tried it. It has it's limitations of course, but it also can import QB data files, at least for the one my friend converted from, QB '03. Again, don't know about compatibility with newer versions of QB. I'm sure that QB tries to make sure it's incompatible.

My 2 cents and good luck.

[Schotty]

SQL Ledger
http://www.sql-ledger.org/

MyBooks
http://www.appgen.com/aptus/my_books_professional.htm

MoneyDance
http://moneydance.com/

Those ought to keep you busy The first is fully FLOSS. The other two are proprietary/closed source solutions. MyBooks interests me deeply and I may be interested in buying that. Off the top of my head, I believe there may be a copy of Linux Journal somewhere that has a year or two old review of a bunch of this stuff. Perhaps google will aid me (usually does).

[Lovechild]

Would something like GnuCash fit the bill?

[Kernel_Killer]

Would something like GnuCash fit the bill?

This is probably the closest you can get to QB due to it's features, and that it's another double entry bookkeeping software.

[thobped]

Always checkout Open Source Alternative - osalt.com, which recommends open source projects based on commercial products - even QuickBooks.

[jro]

Thanks for that link to osalt.com @thobped, good info on that site, I had never seen it before.