The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 5.8, the ninth release in the stable 5.x series. This is a snap releae to fix a serious bug in GnuCash 5.8.
Between 5.7 and 5.8, the following bugfixes were accomplished:
There were no other changes.
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German AQBanking Users:
The AQBanking author is still working to get his updated PIN/TAN code finalized so the Flatpak, macOS, and Windows bundles of this release contain the last stable version, 6.5.4. The GnuCash nightly builds have beta releases with the new implementation, so consider using one of those if the stable AQBanking doesn't work for you.
Known Problems
Complete list of all open bugs.
Documentation
No changes were made between 5.8 and 5.8 other than updating the versions.
Getting GnuCash for Windows and MacOS
GnuCash is provided for both Microsoft Windows 10® and later and MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra)® and later in pre-built, all-in-one packages. An installer is provided for Microsoft Windows® while the MacOS® package is a disk image containing a drag-and-drop application bundle.
GnuCash is also available as a flatpak from Flathub.org. Instructions for installing and running.
The SHA256 Hashes for the downloadable files are:
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To compile GnuCash from the source code by yourself, you will need at least Gtk+ 3.22.29, Guile 2.0, Boost 1.67, WebKitGtk 2.4, GoogleTest 1.8.0, cmake 3.10 and SWIG 2.0.12. Please consult the README.dependencies file in the sources for the exact list of dependencies and versions.
Getting the documentation
The documentation is available at Documentation page of the GnuCash website. The 5.8 documentation can be found under "GnuCash v5 (current stable release)" in multiple languages both for reading online and for download in pdf, epub, and mobi formats. The documentation is also included in the MacOS and Windows application bundles.
About the Program
GnuCash is a free, open source accounting program released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and available for GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris, MacOS, and Microsoft Windows. Programming on GnuCash began in 1997, and its first stable release was in 1998.