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in July 2003. As of version 5, the software requires an annual subscription fee. ''Turbo''CASH is aimed at the small to medium-sized business market, placing it between a home finances package and an ERP package. Its core functions are a general ledger, posting transactions into accounts, and producing financial reports. Plugin technology enables developers to extend the system. ''Turbo''CASH integrates through tab delimited imports and exports. Developed with

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, it runs natively on

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, and a version has been released that runs under

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for

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. A version for

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is also under development for

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Adoption

According to the company, ''Turbo''CASH has a community of over 120,000 users. ''Turbo''CASH communities are found in

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, the

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, the United Kingdom, Belgium, United States, Canada, India, Indonesia and Australia. It has been translated or partially translated into 23 languages including

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, Croatian,

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and Spanish.

Criticism

''Turbo''CASH versions prior to 5.0 utilize a Paradox/BDE database, criticized because of its age and slowness. Its developers claim that in a network of one to five users, ''Turbo''CASH's target market, Paradox/BDE works well and has a long record of stability and easy installation. Version 5.0 is based on the

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database, alleviating this criticism.TurboCASH Free Accounting Software-Open Source Accounting Software:
''Turbo''CASH 4 claims to be open-source, the last

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release is 5 January 2018. ''Turbo''CASH 4 is also criticized by some

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advocates, as proprietary applications are required to

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''Turbo''CASH 4. A project to implement the system in Javascript is underway.

References

External links

TurboCASH Home Page
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Adoption

Criticism

See also

References

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