[SLL] accounting software

[Derek Simkowiak]

    I evaluated WebERP last year. 

http://www.weberp.org/

    It calls itself an "ERP" package because, in addition to accounting, 
it also does production management, inventory control, and order 
processing.  (It handles product codes, warehouses, etc.)

    WebERP development is led by an accountant, and the accounting side 
of the app is very strong.  It uses accounting lingo, produces standard 
reports (Chart of Accounts, General Ledger, Balance Sheet, etc.), and 
has many options for regional taxes.  (I almost used it for my business 
accounting.)

    On the downside, the user interface is not up to par.  The workflow, 
layout, and basic design all need work.  The immature GUI is the reason 
I chose not to use WebERP.  If a company would sponsor 3 or 6 months of 
dev work for a new design (w/some AJAX), and some workflow analysis, it 
would be a very strong contender.

    This month I'll be digging into OpenBravo, a newer "ERP" system, 
with an eye on its accounting features.

http://www.openbravo.com/


--Derek

On 04/01/2009 06:51 AM, John Locke wrote:
> We used to use SQL-Ledger, and went over to LedgerSMB when it forked.
> It's far from perfect, but it works very well if you (or your
> bookkeeper) knows double-entry accounting.
>
> LedgerSMB is fixing a lot of fairly serious problems that were in
> SQL-Ledger--probably the biggest problem being a project leader who was
> hostile to the community. They're in the process of moving all the
> business logic into the database (Postgres), and making it easy to do
> things in a GAAP-compliant way -- for example, soon the "Delete" button
> won't actually delete an invoice, but automatically post a new invoice
> that reverses the transaction.
>
> Cheers,
> John Locke
> http://freelock.com
>
> ------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: Re: [SLL] accounting software
> From: Ski Kacoroski <kacoroski at gmail.com>
> To: Adam Monsen <haircut at gmail.com>
> Cc: linux-list at ssc.com
> Date: Tue 31 Mar 2009 08:30:23 AM PDT
>   
>> I used sql-ledger for several years for my ex-wifes doctors office.
>> Worked well.  Perl so I could modify when needed.
>>
>> ski
>>
>> On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 09:00 -0500, Adam Monsen wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Anyone used LedgerSMB, SQL-Ledger, Compiere, OpenERP, Postbooks, or
>>> other FLOSS accounting packages? If so, any opinions on which one(s)
>>> are worth checking out? I'm looking for something that I could
>>> integrate with Mifos (loan/savings/portfolio tracking software for
>>> microfinance institutions). I'm not looking for personal finance
>>> software like GnuCash, KMyMoney, etc.--concurrent access must be
>>> supported.
>>>     
>>>       
>
>
>