[Gnumed-devel] Billing / Invoicing applications for GNUmed

[Sebastian Hilbert]

See my blog for the original with links at
http://gnumed.blogspot.com/2010/05/billing-invoicing-applications-for.html

Summary:
Amberdms seems to fit the bill for now. GNUcash is a corner case but seems to 
lack an API

Packages I have looked at (at least their documentation)

SimpleInvoices:
webbased, PostgreSQL (beta)
no interface we know of,
GPL,
no Debian package,
project active
i18n capable

Amberdms billing system:
webbased, PHP, MySQL
SOAP API,
AGPL,
no Debian package,
RPM package avaialble,
project active - run by webhosting company
i18n capable
press coverage

jBilling:
webbased, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
API,
AGPL,
no Debian package,
project active - run by a company
i18n capable ?

citrusbd:
webbased, MySQL, PostgreSQL ?
no interface we know of,
GPL,
no Debian package,
project active
i18n
capable

GNUcash:
fat client, written in C, PostgreSQL , yeah
no API, however python-gnucash
GPL,
Debian package,
project active
i18n capable
does online banking

not yet considered:
openbill - pre alpha,