<chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> <sect1 id="what-is-kmymoney"> <title>What is &kappname;?</title> <para> Put simply, &kappname; is a personal finances manager for KDE. It enables users of open source operating systems to keep careful track of their personal finances by providing a broad array of financial features and tools. </para> <para>The principal goals of the project are:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><formalpara><title>Feature Parity</title><para> &kappname; intends to provide all important features found in the commercially-available personal finance managers. Although this release is closer than ever to that goal, there is still work to be done. </para></formalpara> </listitem> <listitem><formalpara><title>Ease of Use.</title><para> &kappname; strives to be the easiest open source personal finance manager to use, especially for the non-technical user. </para></formalpara></listitem> <listitem><formalpara><title>Correctness.</title><para> Based on tried and tested double entry accounting principles &kappname; ensures that your finances are kept in correct order. </para></formalpara></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect1> <sect1 id="what-kmymoney-is-not"> <title>What &kappname; is not</title> <para> As a personal finances manager, &kappname; is not intended to scale to the needs of an average business. It would be possible to create client / supplier / document features through plugins. </para> <para> &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. </para> </sect1> </chapter>