Frontaccounting

FrontAccounting is an open source web-based Accounting software for Small and Medium-sized Enterprise, written in PHP, using MySQL. It allows Double-Entry Accounting and is integrated with modules that support most common business processes. FrontAccounting is multilingual and multicurrency. It is a WebERP fork. Part of Debian Linux release. There is FrontAccounting demo available online. Source code is available on SourceForge for download. In 2012 it passed the milestone of 100,000 downloads from Sourceforge. Number of language packs available at SourceForge but some of them require further development.

Industry solutions

FrontAccounting is provided with standard modules: Sales, Purchases, Items and Inventory, Manufacturing, Dimensions, Banking and General Ledger, and Setup. Its functionality is appropriate for small and medium companies for managing purchases, control their STOCK, issue offers, register orders and send invoices. It allows to configure several points of sale. Cash flow can easily be managed. Balance sheet drill-down and a number of ready-to-use reports provide a framework that can be suitable for many businesses. A simple API allows to connect it to other systems. The software is considered to be a free alternative to QuickBooks.

License model

FrontAccounting is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.

Documentation

FrontAccounting Documentation was installed and developed using PmWiki engine. There are direct links from the program to appropriate wiki topics that describe relevant functionality.

Partners

Several partners globally are available who support local installations and provide add-ons. Some partners offer FrontAccounting in Software as a service model.

Database & Web server

FrontAccounting uses MySQL as database management system. Recommended HTTP web servers are Apache & Internet Information Services.

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