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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]]
 
* [[ApacheOFBiz]]
 
* [[ExistingProjects/BeanBooks]]
 
* [[ExistingProjects/Bookyt]]
 
  * Contacted
 
* [[ExistingProjects/ERP5]]
 
  * Contacted
 
* [[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)*.
 
* [[ExistingProjects/GNUCash]]
 
* [[ExistingProjects/Kuali]]
 
  * Contacted
 
* [[ExistingProjects/Ledger]]
 
* [[ExistingProjects/LedgerSMB]]
 
* [[ExistingProjects/npo-ledger-cli]]
 
* [[ExistingProjects/OpenERP]]
 
* [[ExistingProjects/OpenBravo]] : <http://www.openbravo.com/>
 
* [[ExistingProjects/OpenPetra]]
 
  * Contacted, due monday
 
* [[ExistingProjects/Postbooks]]
 
* [[ExistingProjects/SQLLedger]]
 
* [[ExistingProjects/Tryton]]
 
  * Template filled in by Joar
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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.
 
   
 
## Projects Rejected
 
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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.
 
  * Only one or two developers.
 
  * Workflow not easily configured.
 
* [[ExistingProjects/GNUEnterprise]] 
 
> GNU Enterprise is not a Finance/ERP/Accounting software (yet). While the original project goal was to create exactly that, the maintainers at that time decided that as a first step, good development tools for database centered applications should be created. The focus of development then was strongly on these tools, and while they are to a certain extent usable to actually create database applications, further development in the project has come to a halt because most (all) developers shifted their energy to other projects.  
 
 -- Reinhard Mueller
 
* [[ExistingProjects/Garradin]]
 
  * Entirely in french, would need l10n, i18n and might not be suitable for US or international use. *Disclaimer: I cannot read french, these are assumptions.*
 
* [[ExistingProjects/BeansBooks]]
 
  * [Not free software](https://beansbooks.com/home/opensource)
 
  * The developers have been reached, not yet replied.