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There are a number of existing accounting projects. Some of these are listed under <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_accounting_software>.
 

	
 
**If your project isn't listed here, feel free to add it!**
 

	
 
These projects will be evaluated for suitability and/or adaptability.  We
 
have an [[template you can use|ExistingProjects/EvaluationTemplate]] to
 
evaluate these projects to the UseCases we've collected so far.
 

	
 
## List of projects under evaluation
 

	
 
* [[ExistingProjects/ADempiere]]
 
* [[ExistingProjects/Bookyt]]
 
  * Contacted
 
* [[ExistingProjects/ERP5]]
 
  * Contacted
 
  * Template filled in by Yusei
 
* [[ExistingProjects/ERPNext]]
 
  * Contacted
 
  * Evaluated by Joar
 
  * [ERPNext's strange would-be copyright assignment policy is problematic](https://github.com/webnotes/erpnext#copyright-for-contributors)
 
     for various reasons; bkuhn has [raised the issue on the ERPNext Developers' Forum](https://groups.google.com/forum/?_escaped_fragment_=msg/erpnext-developer-forum/jfsURU8Ew9A/HVDX1z3vvkgJ#!msg/erpnext-developer-forum/jfsURU8Ew9A/HVDX1z3vvkgJ). *[This issue has now been resolved](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/erpnext-developer-forum/jfsURU8Ew9A/Ejz_J_otzDQJ)*.
 
  * Updated by Rushabh (ERPNext)
 
* [[ExistingProjects/GNUCash]]
 
  * Evaluated by Joar
 
  * Contacted on IRC
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These projects have been rejected temporarily (i.e., evaluation is on hold)
 
because of some issue that seems unresolvable at the moment, but may be
 
resolved at a later date and will remove the blocker of looking more closely
 
at the project.
 

	
 
* [[ExistingProjects/BeansBooks]]
 
  * [Not free software](https://beansbooks.com/home/opensource)
 
  * The developers have been reached, not yet replied.
 
* [[ExistingProjects/OpenPetra]]
 
  * The linux client has not been a focus of the OpenPetra developers, and as of 2013-11-25 and the client setup found in <http://www.pokorra.de/2013/11/install-openpetra-on-linux/> it crashes intermittently for various reasons.
 
* [[ApacheOFBiz]]
 
  * Contacted
 
  * Due to OFBiz's apparent lack of documentation, e.g. <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBENDUSER/12.2.6+Reports>, the evaluation has been discontinued.
 
  * As a user: Due to OFBiz's apparent lack of documentation, e.g. <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBENDUSER/12.2.6+Reports>, the evaluation has been discontinued.
 
* [[ExistingProjects/Kuali]]
 
  * Contacted
 
  * Discontinued due to the opacity of the Kuali organization.
 
  * As a developer: Discontinued due to the opacity of the Kuali organization.
 
* [[ExistingProjects/Bookyt]]
 
  * Contacted
 
     * Replied to my inquiriy about help with evaluating Bookyt but has not contributed any evaluations so far.
 
  * As a user: The project seems to be in an early state, if anyone would like to spin it up and try it you're welcome.
 
* [[ExistingProjects/ADempiere]]
 
  * As a user: ADempiere is hard to get clear information about, the resources that are available are hard to navigate.
 
   
 
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## Projects Rejected
 

	
 
These projects have been evaluated as part of this effort and rejected, both
 
for a basis of this project or for any code reuse.  A few of the primary
 
reasons are given on this page, but the whole evaluation can be read on the
 
linked page.
 

	
 
* [[ExistingProjects/Frontaccounting#final-eval]]
 
  * Straight PHP with no framework
 
  * Data model somewhat messy, accounting not clearly separated.
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