Akaunting - Free Accounting Software

[JOduMonT]

@nebulon I tried a bunch of Accounting software and Akaunting was in my top 5 but Invoice Ninja and Kimai2 are better and already in Cloudron. You will use Akaunting or it's just to add another apps ?

[jdaviescoates]

@JOduMonT as I understand it the goal is for Cloudron to have the top 3 apps per app category

[JOduMonT]

@jdaviescoates said in Akaunting - Free Accounting Software:

the goal is for Cloudron to have the top 3 apps per app category

yes I do understand that too, but if nobody use or will use it, should we not focus on another category

[girish]

So far, the main way we figure how to package is go to the app wish list category and sort by most voted. We know this has a couple of pitfalls - a) only 20% of actual cloudron users are on this forum. we haven't figured out how to get people to join this forum Most people don't even know about it, it seems. b) the upvote button is not very obvious in nodebb. We wanted to spend some time making that a little more prominent.

[jdaviescoates]

@girish said in Akaunting - Free Accounting Software:

Most people don't even know about it, it seems.

Email all subscribers with subject "Which apps do you want in Cloudron?" or similar and direct people to the App wishlist? Include screenshot of upvote button. Do this once a quarter?

[JOduMonT]

@girish said in Akaunting - Free Accounting Software:

only 20% of actual cloudron users

20% is very good
marketing say pat your the back when you are around 10% of response
I just discover the Developing an app that can be packaged for Cloudron? Get a free license with our App Developer Program that should also have more drive than a small emphasis

Survey by email will make only your crowd annoyed and you being mark as a spammer.

[JOduMonT]

@jdaviescoates said in Akaunting - Free Accounting Software:

Email all subscribers with subject "Which apps do you want in Cloudron?"

Taiga or Loomio are good apps for that but if Cloudron have already have a "hard time" to drag people to vote via the forum adding another layer/application is not the solution
invitation, incentive and education are

[JOduMonT]

@jdaviescoates said in Akaunting - Free Accounting Software:

Which apps do you want in Cloudron?

I'm might be an unusual but when it come time to choose an application I do my little data mining such as

1. I start alternativeto.net to see the score of the apps
2. than look for the same apps on https://www.libhunt.com
3. than if I'm not convince I'll search through similar project such as yunohost, linuxserver, freedombox, caprover, ...

I really like how yunohost and linuxserver present their data

• yunohost
• linuxserver

it give you an overview of what is well maintained and the quality of it.

My point is, more focusing on viable projects and less on what the user

[jdaviescoates]

@JOduMonT said in Akaunting - Free Accounting Software:

My point is, more focusing on viable projects and less on what the user

The Cloudron Devs only include apps that are actively maintained anyway.

And yes, I really like how some of those sites make it easy to compare projects too.

[will]

@murgero Lets say I have the funding, but no coding experience. How might I connect with the developer?

[murgero]

@will you can contact cloudron support (or discuss here) for the cloudron app.if you wan the akaunting devs to do work on the cloudron app, you can probably find contact details on their github or website.

[denisdulici]

Hey guys,

We're currently packaging Akaunting for Cloudron so stay tuned

Regards

[girish]

Thanks for helping us out @denisdulici ! The work is happening here - https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/akaunting-app/

[avatar1024]

I look forward to seeing that app!

@JOduMonT said in Akaunting - Free Accounting Software:

@nebulon I tried a bunch of Accounting software and Akaunting was in my top 5 but Invoice Ninja and Kimai2 are better and already in Cloudron. You will use Akaunting or it's just to add another apps ?

It does seem to me (just looking at the website) that Akunting does more that Invoice ninja and Kimai in terms of managing your overall finance whereas the others are more specifically about managing invoices / time-keeping / Projects, is that right?

[JOduMonT]

@avatar1024 said in Akaunting - Free Accounting Software:

It does seem to me (just looking at the website) that Akunting does more that Invoice ninja and Kimai in terms of managing your overall finance whereas the others are more specifically about managing invoices / time-keeping / Projects, is that right?

Naked Akunting don't really do more than Invoice Ninja, probably less
Almost every addons https://akaunting.com/apps have a price.

[aniki94]

hi, please can you do a tutorial to create a page in akounting and fill it

[marcusquinn]

Akaunting looks worthwhile as an alternative to Xero (with a migration tool) or Quickfile.

Can't see automated Bank & Card statement importing though unless anyone knows otherwise?

Xero as a bridge could but that's purchasing the plugin and maintaining a Xero subscription.

Odoo Accounting or ERPNext the best FOSS I know of for interest, so I'd still have those higher up the Wishlist TBH.

[girish]

Whoops, I dropped the ball on this. @denisdulici already made a package a couple of months ago and I completely forgot to follow it up with him. I made a TODO for myself for this week.

[JOduMonT]

@marcusquinn said in Akaunting - Free Accounting Software:

Can't see automated Bank & Card statement importing though unless anyone knows otherwise?

Sadly these kinds of automation are mainly oriented US base Bank, and this even with paid and close source software such as Zoho Invoice.

[marcusquinn]

@JOduMonT IMHO the US banks are far behind the EU & UK for Open Banking (and the fun n games with chip n pin).

Although I do like having a stash go $2 notes when I'm over

Some links for fun reading:

https://www.openbanking.org.uk
https://plaid.com
https://www.yodlee.com/financial-products/api-apps-data

TBH I wouldn't reinvent wheels and just use https://xero.com for it's integrations and https://integromat.com APIness.

I loath robotic chores, so always try to workflow anything like that even if it's via files to a dropbox or email.

While we're here, big fan of https://transferwise.com for international banking, worth a look for anyone interested in something with an API and decent service.