# Introduction

## What is &kappname;?

Put simply, &kappname; is a personal finance manager for &kde;. It enables users of open source operating systems and applications to keep careful track of their personal finances by providing a broad array of financial features and tools.

The principal goals of the project are:

- ## Feature Parity

  &kappname; intends to provide all important features found in the commercially available personal finance managers. Although every release of &kappname; gets closer and closer to that goal, there is still work to be done.

- ## Ease of Use.

  &kappname; strives to be the easiest open source personal finance manager to use, especially for the non-technical user.

- ## Correctness.

  Based on tried and tested double entry accounting principles &kappname; ensures that your finances are kept in correct order.

## What &kappname; is not

As a personal finance manager, &kappname; is not intended to scale to the needs of an average business. A small business might find sufficient functionality to use &kappname;, but features such as accounts-receivable and accounts-payable are not directly supported. However, it would be possible to create client, supplier, document, or other features through plugins.

&kappname; is not simply a clone of the commercially available personal finance programs. Although many of the features present in &kappname; can be found in other similar applications, &kappname; strives to present an individual and unique view of your finances.