kmymoney/doc/introduction.docbook

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0002 <chapter id="introduction">
0003 <chapterinfo>
0004   <date>2018-01-13</date>
0005   <releaseinfo>5.0.0</releaseinfo>
0006 </chapterinfo>
0007
0008 <title>Introduction</title>
0009
0010 <sect1 id="what-is-kmymoney">
0011 <title>What is &kmymoney;?</title>
0012
0013 <para>
0014   Put simply, &kmymoney; is a personal finance manager by &kde;.  It enables
0015   users of open source operating systems and applications to keep careful track
0016   of their personal finances by providing a broad array of financial features
0017   and tools.
0018 </para>
0019
0020 <para>
0021   The principal goals of the project are:
0022 </para>
0023
0024 <itemizedlist>
0025   <listitem>
0026     <formalpara><title>Feature Parity</title>
0027       <para>
0028         &kmymoney; intends to provide all important features found in the
0029         commercially available personal finance managers.  Although every release
0030         of &kmymoney; gets closer and closer to that goal, there is still work to
0031         be done.
0032       </para>
0033     </formalpara>
0034   </listitem>
0035
0036   <listitem>
0037     <formalpara><title>Ease of Use</title>
0038       <para>
0039         &kmymoney; strives to be the easiest open source personal finance
0040         manager to use, especially for the non-technical user.
0041       </para>
0042     </formalpara>
0043   </listitem>
0044
0045   <listitem>
0046     <formalpara><title>Correctness</title>
0047       <para>
0048         Based on tried and tested double entry accounting principles &kmymoney;
0049         ensures that your finances are kept in correct order.
0050       </para>
0051     </formalpara>
0052   </listitem>
0053 </itemizedlist>
0054
0055 </sect1>
0056
0057 <sect1 id="what-kmymoney-is-not">
0058 <title>What &kmymoney; is not</title>
0059
0060 <para>
0061   As a personal finance manager, &kmymoney; is not intended to scale to the
0062   needs of an average business.  A small business might find sufficient
0063   functionality to use &kmymoney;, but features such as accounts-receivable and
0064   accounts-payable are not directly supported.  However, it would be possible to
0065   create client, supplier, document, or other features through plugins.
0066 </para>
0067
0068 <para>
0069   &kmymoney; is not simply a clone of the commercially available personal
0070   finance programs. Although many of the features present in &kmymoney; can be
0071   found in other similar applications, &kmymoney; strives to present an
0072   individual and unique view of your finances.
0073 </para>
0074
0075 </sect1>
0076 </chapter>