prikhi / AcornAccounting

A Django-based Accounting System for Egalitarian Communities

Acorn Accounting

Attention!

This project is no longer actively used or maintained. Future work is being done on a new project that integrates with QuickBooks Desktop.

Acorn Accounting is an Open Source Double Entry Accounting System written using Python and Django.

Acorn Accounting is targeted towards egalitarian communities with needs such as paying stipends, entering town trips and tracking membership.

Quickstart

Install virtualenv:

$ pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper

Configure virtualenvwrapper:

$ export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs
$ mkdir -p $WORKON_HOME
$ source /usr/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh      # Or add this to your .bashrc

Create a new virtual environment:

$ mkvirtualenv AcornAccounting
$ workon AcornAccounting

Install the prerequisites:

$ pip install --no-binary django -r requirements/local.txt

Specify some environmental variables:

$ export DJANGO_SECRET_KEY="A Random 50 Character String"
$ export DB_NAME="<database name>"
$ export DB_USER="<database username>"

Create all necessary tables:

$ python manage.py syncdb --settings=accounting.settings.local
$ python manage.py migrate --settings=accounting.settings.local

Run the development server:

$ cd acornaccounting
$ python manage.py runserver --settings=accounting.settings.local

You can omit the settings flag by setting the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environmental variable:

$ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=accounting.settings.local
$ python manage.py runserver

Running Tests

Install the prerequisites:

$ pip install -r requirements/test.txt

Run the tests:

$ cd acornaccounting
$ py.test

To continuously run tests when source files change:

$ ptw

Building the Full Documentation

Install the prerequisites:

$ pip install -r requirements/local.txt

Build the documentation:

$ cd docs
$ make html

The HTML files will be output to the docs/build/html directory.