All,

Earlier this year, (~August) I decided that I wanted to use some software to better track where I'm spending my money.

At the time, I reviewed several applications including Mint.com, Inzolo, MyJibe, KMM, Grisbi and GNUCash.

There are several features that were important to me such as the ability to split transactions into multiple categories.

After trying the above applications, I settled on GNUCash primarily because I wanted to use something that was heavily supported and had a good track record. Additionally, I preferred it over the other applications. For about 2 months, I used GNUCash extensively.

GNUCash is more feature rich than what I need. About a month ago, I decided to try some of the other applications again to see if they may fit my needs better.

I tried Skrooge. I kept looking for features that were missing and didn't find any. It has everything I need. The program is attractive from a UI perspective. It's very functional and well thought out. It's as if the developers took the best of all the Personal Financial Applications and put them into Skrooge. Even the Logo is cool.

I just updated to the latest version 1.1.1 and it continues to impress me.

I plan on using the software going forward and I see no reason to revisit other applications. Skrooge does everything I need and does it well.

This software is so good, that it could very well become the standard in Personal Financial Management applications.

I run Skrooge on Ubuntu. I typically install Ubuntu under Windows using WUBI. I have no issues logging into Ubuntu when wanting to use Skrooge.

In the near future, I plan on recommending Skrooge to my friends.

I suspect that there are many Windows users that could greatly benefit from Skrooge and I know that KDE can be installed inside of Windows. I tried it a year ago and it wasn't a great experience for me. I probably either didn't do it correctly or missed something in the process.

If someone has some time, I'd like to hear how the installing KDE inside Windows experience goes and I'd like to hear how well Skrooge runs under KDE in Windows. A "How-to install Skrooge on Windows" guide would be ideal.

When I install Skrooge inside Ubuntu, the Ubuntu installer takes care of all the KDE dependencies and installs them as well. Windows users expect that type of ease of installation. I'd like to see an installation of Skrooge on Windows in which it installs KDE seamlessly. I don't know if this is possible, but if it is, I believe it would make adoption of Skrooge much easier for Windows users.

I would like to reiterate that Skrooge is very, very good. As FireFox was to Internet Explorer, Skrooge could be to Quicken.

Happy Thanksgiving from the United States.

Thanks a lot for your very nice words

We do have quite a lot of polishing (usability, consistency, look & feel) to do before pretending to become the reference in personal finances management, but we have a feeling that the fundations are quite strong...

Regarding windows, you may be interested by this page:
http://skrooge.org/windows_installation

Glad you like Skrooge, and feel free to ask if you need any support !

Guillaume