Dear all,
If anyone out there has been looking for an alternative to Sage or Quickbooks that they can run on a Linux or BSD box, then take a look at phpOrganisation.
phpOrganisation is an open source php/mysql based business process application, which is aimed at UK organisations (because it understands VAT).
It features:
An address database, which is the central information around which phpOrganisation structures its processes. All entities relating to the organisations processes are in this database, whether employee, supplier, associate or personal.
Customer relationship tools. Two marketing lists are available; the tracker, and the client list. Move a contact onto one of these lists, and then keep a record of emails, phone conversations and use the "next contact due" feature to act as a reminder for re-contacting.
Ordering System. Generate purchase orders for products and services, view the PO and print it out for the supplier. As invoices are received from the supplier, register the invoices and track the time left to pay on the supplier invoice page.
Project and Contracts can be set up and time and costs can be allocated to a project or contract. Track your costs to learn what it really costs to deliver your services and develop your products.
Generate quotations and store a record of previous quotations. phpOrganisation assists you in storing your quotation wordprocessor files in a single location on your filesystem. phpOrganisation doesn't generate web based quotations, in the way it does for purchase orders, invoices and statements, as this lacks the flexibility that is required in drafting quotations for most small businesses.
Generate client invoices against contracts, print the invoices, or generate statements for a client, showing paid and overdue invoices.
Generation of VAT return information, to aid to process of completing your VAT paperwork.
Help notes feature. Each user can have descriptive notes about phpOrganisation show up in the webpages. When familiarity is gained, the helpnotes can be turned off.
phpOrganisation does not yet feature stock control, or a groupware style shared calendar, but these are planned features.
phpOrganisation is GPLed and available at sourceforge: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/phporganisation
Support in installing, running and implementing new features for phpOrganisation is available; contact me at the email address below.
We'd welcome contributions to phpOrganisation - there's much still to do. Drop me a line if you'd like to help.
More information about phpOrganisation and Hypercube Systems is at: http://www.hypercubesystems.co.uk/
regards,
Seb James
On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 14:33, Seb James wrote:
Dear all,
If anyone out there has been looking for an alternative to Sage or Quickbooks that they can run on a Linux or BSD box, then take a look at phpOrganisation.
It's only useful to me if it's going to end up on this list at some time in the (near) future:-
http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/efiling/paye/paye_software_forms.htm
Matt
** Seb James seb@hypercubesystems.co.uk [2004-07-17 14:35]:
Dear all,
If anyone out there has been looking for an alternative to Sage or Quickbooks that they can run on a Linux or BSD box, then take a look at phpOrganisation.
phpOrganisation is an open source php/mysql based business process application, which is aimed at UK organisations (because it understands VAT).
** end quote [Seb James]
Well I'll take a look if it ever hits one of the download mirrors. I've been looking around for something to help with job tracking more than finances (although that includes invoicing, but VAT is totally irrelevant to me at the moment).
On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 21:29, Paul Tansom wrote:
** Seb James seb@hypercubesystems.co.uk [2004-07-17 14:35]:
Dear all,
If anyone out there has been looking for an alternative to Sage or Quickbooks that they can run on a Linux or BSD box, then take a look at phpOrganisation.
phpOrganisation is an open source php/mysql based business process application, which is aimed at UK organisations (because it understands VAT).
** end quote [Seb James]
Well I'll take a look if it ever hits one of the download mirrors. I've been looking around for something to help with job tracking more than finances (although that includes invoicing, but VAT is totally irrelevant to me at the moment).
Thanks for the link - this might be of interest - met Shaun from footwerkpacific at the LUD show and he's playing with web-erp:
http://www.open4.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=17&forum=17
Steve Purkiss
Seb James wrote:
Dear all,
If anyone out there has been looking for an alternative to Sage or Quickbooks that they can run on a Linux or BSD box, then take a look at phpOrganisation.
Has anyone tried out GnuCash? (http://www.gnucash.org/) I saw it on a banner ad somewhere...
I don't know if I really have the need for anything this complicated at the moment, a spreadsheet will probably do me, but things are getting a little more complex. I could do with some software to keep track of my bank accounts (although I have online banking to do that), expenses, invoicing and keeping track of who has paid me! :P
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 12:47:23PM +0100, Ben Francis wrote:
Has anyone tried out GnuCash? (http://www.gnucash.org/) I saw it on a banner ad somewhere...
I don't know if I really have the need for anything this complicated at the moment, a spreadsheet will probably do me, but things are getting a little more complex. I could do with some software to keep track of my bank accounts (although I have online banking to do that), expenses, invoicing and keeping track of who has paid me! :P
I've been using GnuCash for a year or two now, having previously kept track of my personal finances with a spreadsheet. I found it a bit hard to get used to at first, but it does let me keep track of where my money's going a lot better and also makes it easier to project how much I have to last me until pay day...
I've not used it in a business context though, but keep meaning to see if I could tie it in to our current system with any benefit.
J.
Jonathan McDowell wrote:
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 12:47:23PM +0100, Ben Francis wrote:
Has anyone tried out GnuCash? (http://www.gnucash.org/) I saw it on a banner ad somewhere...
I don't know if I really have the need for anything this complicated at the moment, a spreadsheet will probably do me, but things are getting a little more complex. I could do with some software to keep track of my bank accounts (although I have online banking to do that), expenses, invoicing and keeping track of who has paid me! :P
I've been using GnuCash for a year or two now, having previously kept track of my personal finances with a spreadsheet. I found it a bit hard to get used to at first, but it does let me keep track of where my money's going a lot better and also makes it easier to project how much I have to last me until pay day...
I've not used it in a business context though, but keep meaning to see if I could tie it in to our current system with any benefit.
J.
That's interesting, I may give it a look when I get my Debian installation sorted.
Stay tuned for questions when I get stuck ;)
On 2004-07-21 12:47:23 +0100 Ben Francis lists@hippygeek.co.uk wrote:
Has anyone tried out GnuCash? (http://www.gnucash.org/) I saw it on a banner ad somewhere...
Yes. I use GnuCash to track the AFFS accounts at http://www.affs.org.uk/~mjr/treasury/ - I'm using a version which means that I have to keep Gnome 1.x (1.4?) and GTK+ 1.x around, as well as collecting a lot of other library dependencies. Apart from that, it's pretty nice and I've not spotted it making errors. Sometimes its manner can be a little perplexing, until you read the guides yet again. I'm pretty keen on it because of the scheme extensibility, but I've not used that in anger yet.
For other accounts, I use a much simpler web+postgresql journal using a scheme program that I wrote myself and haven't packaged for release yet. One feature there is the inability to edit committed transactions: instead, you post a correction.
I used SQL-Ledger in the past, but it didn't quite fit UK practices and its perl was too awkward for me to adapt (and I've used perl for many years).
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