Hello, does anyone have account software suggestions?

I have used KMyMoney for a long time and like it. Available in SlackBuilds.org

I second this opinion. Highly recommended.

I've been happily using Moneydance (http://moneydance.com/) for years (at least 10, I think). It's a Java application. It's a pay-for (about $30) that you can install and use on any number of machines and operating systems as you like for personal use, one machine for business use (I have done that) and you receive free updates for some number of years.

Frankly, I wouldn't switch to another system (and I don't care that it has a minimum cost); it does what I need to do with every financial type: banks, mortgage, loans, credit cards, investments you name it in an easy to use and manage way. It's not QuickBooks, not an accounting system, but it'll do personal and group financials as well as anything else I've tried (and in every cases much better).

Hope this helps some.

Homebank is on slackbuilds as well. Its not feature rich but depending on your needs might work for you. I like it, which is handled securities though.

If I may ask, what is wrong with GnuCash? I've been using it for years on both Slackware and Windows.

-JJ

As Slackware users are CLI power Users, I recomend ledger-cli.org

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I never used GnuCash, as this one meets my needs : grisbi (slackbuild) : "Its aim is to provide you with the most simple and intuitive software for basic use, and still very powerful if you spend a little time on the setup."

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Hey,
during the last 5 years, I tried different account software: gnucash, kmymoney, skrooge… All are good, but at this time, I was just downloaded the csv or ofx file from my bank and watched to the sum. It was not so easy to track the spend and put each money in the right category. At the end, I used an excel file to summarize my accounts and my bank website for the daily use.

But, one years ago, I tried ledger-cli (thanks to sbo) and since then I used it. As I wrote directly my expenses into the ledger file I really have the feeling to know where my money goes and I really appreciate the KISS principle of it. A simple text file plus a bash script to sum up my accounts and in ~15 minutes by month I know exactly what I did, how many I won and the statue of my budget.

I'm not really sure that's just ledger however

Just a little advice, do not try to track little cash. It's just boring and add no interesting information.

Another plug for KMyMoney.

Well, nothing's wrong with it -- maybe except for all the requirements you have to download and install.

The reason I like, use and recommend Moneydance is that it comes with everything you need to download transactions from your bank, broker, credit card(s), and, in my case, multiple accounts at the credit union (house, my truck, wife's Jeep, checking, savings). All going to appropriate accounts (electric, gas, water/sewer, groceries, drugs, doctors, dentists, etc., etc. -- most of which are defaults and it's easy as pie to add account categories and details where you stick transactions to keep track of stuff. The set up is simple, use is simple and reports are simple. You can import QIF, OFX, CSV and whatever else may tickle your fancy. There are extensions (like daily stock quotes, currencies) that are pretty handy. But, mostly, it's just ready to go off-the-shelf with little or no fiddling around after adding account numbers and the like.

Yeah, it costs trivial money but I don't waste any time or effort maintaining it; it just works and gives me all the information I need to manage my financials.

It is just one among many options (and it isn't open source and it isn't free). You can download and install a limited tryout and see what's what. I've tried most of the other suggested packages and I just kinda keep coming back to Moneydance.

It's all about choice.

I use jGnash (requires JRE) and recommend it:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jgnash/

Does Homebank communicates with the bank?

I used Quicken, years ago, and it was suppose to download everything, but I found it easier to just key the stuff in myself. Right now I'm on GnuCash and for the most part is does everything I need. I have not tried using GnuCash to download transactions.

Very true.

-JJ

It's pretty typical in a financial management system (such as Moneydance, GnuCash and Quicken) that you set up an internet connection that synchronizes your account transactions directly in the account without the need for downloading a QIF, OFX, CSV (or whatever) file then importing it into the account. The connection simply updates or downloads individual transactions automatically and you "accept" and "classify" any new transactions; classify means which expense or other account to be charged. Most systems will, after a few transactions, suggest the expense (or income) account which you can accept or change as necessary.

A pretty slick feature is "download all." What it does is get all new transactions for ever account you have internet-enabled in one go. It highlights which accounts have new transactions so you can go through them and accept them. You don't download transactions that have been download previously, only new ones.

Pretty slick, that, saves me a whole lot of screwing around.