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== Available Documentation ==
 
== Available Documentation ==
 
=== Documentation for Users ===
 
=== Documentation for Users ===
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GnuCash offers two major pieces of documentation:  
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GnuCash offers two primary instructional documents:  
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* [http://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?doc=help The Help Manual] - a quick reference manual for specific tasks, and
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* [http://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?doc=help ''The Help Manual''] - a quick reference manual for specific tasks, and
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* [http://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?doc=guide The Tutorial and Concepts Guide] - an in-depth guide to the concepts. It is highly recommended to read at least the first chapters of the guide.
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* [http://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?doc=guide ''The Tutorial and Concepts Guide''] - an in-depth guide to the concepts. It is highly recommended that new users read at least the first chapters of the ''Guide''.
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The [http://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml Documentation page on the gnucash.org ''website''] also contains these documents in
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These are accessible via the '''Help''' menu in the program (if you've installed via a package manager you may need to install an additional package called something like "gnucash-docs") and from the [http://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml Documentation page on the gnucash.org ''website''].
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* '''other languages:''' de, it, ja, pt;  
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The ''Help Manual'' is available in English, German, Italian, and Japanese; the ''Guide'' in English, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian.
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* '''other formats:''' ''PDF'', ''ePub'' or ''mobi''; as well as
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* '''other releases:''' nightly (unstable),  previous and earlier stable releases.
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''PDF'', ''ePub'', and ''mobi'' formats may be downloaded from the [http://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml Documentation page] where you will also find the documentation for earlier releases and a nightly build of changes made since the last release.
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The GnuCash wiki includes extensive information regarding all aspects of GnuCash, contributed by the developers and users of GnuCash. Information in the wiki covers a broad variety of topics, and includes detailed technical information, as well as information that applies to specific use cases. Of particular interest on the wiki are:  
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'''The GnuCash wiki''' includes extensive information regarding all aspects of GnuCash, contributed by the developers and users of GnuCash. Information in the wiki covers a broad variety of topics, and includes detailed technical information, as well as information that applies to specific use cases. Of particular interest on the wiki are:  
 
* The [[FAQ|GnuCash FAQ]], which contains a collection of frequently asked questions about GnuCash, including administration, accounting, and glossary questions, and
 
* The [[FAQ|GnuCash FAQ]], which contains a collection of frequently asked questions about GnuCash, including administration, accounting, and glossary questions, and
 
* [[Using GnuCash]], which collects real life experiences using GnuCash. You may find (user) solutions here that are not covered by the documentation.
 
* [[Using GnuCash]], which collects real life experiences using GnuCash. You may find (user) solutions here that are not covered by the documentation.

Revision as of 23:53, 20 August 2018

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GnuCash is the leading GPL'ed Desktop Financial Manager Application. Appropriate for personal and small business use, it is meant to be easy to use and full of features.

There is no registration required to read this wiki or download and install GnuCash, only to edit this wiki.

Installation

GnuCash has versions that run on Windows, MacOS, and many different flavors of Linux and BSD.

Installation instructions for the different operating systems under which GnuCash operates are included at Installation.

Getting Help

If you have trouble using GnuCash, and the various documentation sources haven't helped you--or if you want to give some feedback, you can get help in several ways. See Getting Help for these options.

Available Documentation

Documentation for Users

GnuCash offers two primary instructional documents:

These are accessible via the Help menu in the program (if you've installed via a package manager you may need to install an additional package called something like "gnucash-docs") and from the Documentation page on the gnucash.org website. The Help Manual is available in English, German, Italian, and Japanese; the Guide in English, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian.

PDF, ePub, and mobi formats may be downloaded from the Documentation page where you will also find the documentation for earlier releases and a nightly build of changes made since the last release.

The GnuCash wiki includes extensive information regarding all aspects of GnuCash, contributed by the developers and users of GnuCash. Information in the wiki covers a broad variety of topics, and includes detailed technical information, as well as information that applies to specific use cases. Of particular interest on the wiki are:

  • The GnuCash FAQ, which contains a collection of frequently asked questions about GnuCash, including administration, accounting, and glossary questions, and
  • Using GnuCash, which collects real life experiences using GnuCash. You may find (user) solutions here that are not covered by the documentation.

Documentation for Developers

The Application programming interface (API) for people who want to use the gnucash engine in their own project:

  • maint, the stable branch and
  • master, the new feature branch, which are daily generated from the sources using Doxygen.

Using the API shows how to use it.

Getting involved in the GnuCash project

The GnuCash Project is a volunteer-driven organization. We need your help to ensure that GnuCash survives and grows, and we need your help to help others.

There are many ways to contribute your knowledge and experience. Before you dig in, you may want to check out the GnuCash website for the latest news.

Note: This part of the wiki is intended to become the main repository of GnuCash developer documentation. Some formerly static pages have been moved here from the GnuCash website, but the move is not yet complete. Some remaining static pages may be out of date. Wherever a wiki article disagrees with a static web page on the Website, the wiki article here is more likely to be correct.

Here are a number of ways to get involved.

Mailing Lists

Subscribing to the mailing lists, and asking and answering questions there, is an excellent way to begin contributing the the success of GnuCash. See Mailing Lists for more.

Filing Bugs and Enhancement Requests

Occasionally, GnuCash will not work the way it was designed to work--or you have an idea for making GnuCash better. Improvements and fixes can be submitted using the Bugzilla bug tracker; more general suggestions can be made via the Uservoice pages.

Improving the Documentation

Localization

Developing the Application Code

Policy

Procedures

Other Development Notes

Future developments

Historical Information

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