ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.17 Released

Sun Sep 27 11:38:02 EDT 2026

The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 5.17, the eighteenth release in the stable 5.x series.
Between 5.16 and 5.17, the following bugfixes were accomplished:

    Bug 797872 - Multiple check printing results in nothing sent to print queue after first check
    Bug 799753 - Reconciliation error when reconciling transactions posted after the reconcile date
    Bug 799772 - Invoice layout: footer should span both columns and header tables should be easier to align/style
    Bug 799774 - Import transaction from CSV skips fields if CSV file has backslash just before final quote in a quoted field
    Bug 799790 - RFE: Always put Debits before Credits for CSV register export (order transaction splits as shown on screen)
    Bug 799791 - Unvoid is not available (Bug from the mailing lists): Use the existence of void timestamp instead of void reason to determine if a transaction is voided. A user can void a transaction without providing a reason.
    Bug 799798 - bringing back the previous tooltip (from 4.x) as a configurable choice: Enable tooltips on line and bar charts to represent individual points as well as all the points on a particular date.
    Bug 799799 - Enhancement - making the tooltip more readable
    Bug 899803 - Split context/category to msgctxt field in gnc-glossary.txt to provide better translation experience Translations aren't changed but are marked fuzzy. Keywords that aren't proper nouns are lower cased, consistent with how words appear in a dictionary.
    Bug 799806 - Locale "C.UTF-8" crashes the Mortgage and Loan Repayment Assistant
    Bug 799813 - gnucash-cli issue for price updates using Postgressql back-end

The following fixes and improvements were not associated with bug reports:

    Better handling of stocks that have split in the Show Lots dialog: Lot split transactions are hidden and the changes in the amount of the stock are tracked so that the capital gains calculation can determine the correct basis.
    Reformat chart tooltips to improve readability.
    Charts: Add global preferences for marker style and size.
    Charts: Add global preferences for engagement radius, tooltip pointer size, and the position of grouped tooltips.
    Charts: Add option to show only non-zero values in tooltips.
    Cash Flow report: Add option to hide the list of involved accounts at the top of the report
    Multicolumn Reports: Saving the configuration (and this includes quitting GnuCash with a multicolumn report tab open) now saves the multicolumn report even when the user has clicked through to a subreport.
    Removed MorningstarUK and MorningstarCH from quote sources, no longer supported by Finance::Quote.
    AqBanking Import: Add option to import pending transactions
    Qif Import: Fix YDM date parsing.
    Edit Exchange Rate: Improve the message and comment explaining why the Transfer Dialog isn't shown when Edit Exchange Rate is selected from the context menu in a stock-type register.
    Sort Id columns in tree views and QofQuery results naturally, meaning that alpha parts of an id are sorted lexically while numeric parts are sorted numerically, instead of always lexically. For example abc1, abc2, abc15 instead of abc1, abc15, abc2.
    Windows: Force path strings to UTF-8 instead of the locale's DOS code page to ensure non-ASCII paths are handled correctly.
    Doxygen: Set header version to VCS version if building from VCS
    C/C++ API Documentation is now built on every push and uploaded to https://gnucash.github.io/gnucash/Documentation/
    [import-export/test] add tests for gnc_import_parse_date|numeric
    [import-parse.cpp] compile regex before trying to parse dates
    [assistant-stock-transaction] After the stock transaction assistant finishes, open the stock account register and jump to the transaction just created.
    [stylesheets/footer.scm] add markup "stylesheet-footer" to footer to allow easier css styling
    [html-chart.scm] Multi-column reports: Isolate each sub-reports variables to eliminate cross-talk between subreports.
    Replace removed Python 2 C API macros for SWIG 4.5.0 compatibility
    [gnc-euro.cpp] use GncNumeric.convert() instead of gnc_numeric_convert
    Update supported platforms in README.
    [engine] qof_session_end: Ensure the backend lock is removed in all cases.
    [backend/dbi] skip the libdbi integrity probe for read-only sessions
    [gnc-euro.cpp] store euro rates as GncNumeric instead of floating point numbers to speed up euro conversion and ensure accuracy
    [report-utilities.scm] convert account value accumulator to c++
    [test-report-utilities.scm] add test at date boundaries

The following functions are deprecated:

    Python: GncPrice.set_source_string
    Guile: gnc-price-set-source-string

In both cases code should use the set_source function that takes an enum instead. The functions will be removed in GnuCash 6.0

New and Updated Translations: Chinese (Simplified Han script), Czech, Dutch, English (Australia), English (New Zealand), English (United Kingdom), German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish

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Known Problems

Complete list of all open bugs: https://bugs.gnucash.org/buglist.cgi?bug_severity=blocker&bug_severity=critical&bug_severity=major&bug_severity=normal&bug_severity=minor&bug_severity=trivial&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&bug_status=REOPENED&limit=0&list_id=8149&order=priority%2Cbug_severity&query_format=advanced

Documentation
Between 5.16 and 5.17, the following bugfixes were accomplished:

    Bug 799744 - Import transaction from CSV skips fields if CSV file has backslash just before final quote in a quoted field: Document added checkbox.

The following fixes and improvements were not associated with bug reports:

    Guide Basics: Deleted the note about .xac files
    Guide Accounts: Changed 'account ' to 'account type':These lists are actually account types.
    Guide Accounts: Changed 'courses' to 'quotes'
    Manual Account Actions: Remove Account types section as it's documented in the Guide.
    Update adjust-dpi.sh to eliminate file changes due to rounding differences and other very small changes.
    Resize Investment Lots figures to fit in the page.
    Document CAGR columns in Investment Lots report: Add Realized and Unrealized CAGR documentation to the Investment Lots report in the Help Manual and Tutorial & Concepts Guide
    Added some field detail to ch_invest. Some clarification added to "Symbol/abbreviation" and "ISIN, CUSIP, or other code" fields.

Updated Translations: None.

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: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak

The SHA256 Hashes for the downloadable files are:
3d18a88f5b8230f01e04c2d2d73bf95e7dcd3bf8d8cee6ffa54bb24dee58b85f  gnucash-5.17.tar.bz2
bb5a2196a6ac3a3947ad2213d3e60678a8823dd93acb9ca96b41e20168c56052  gnucash-5.17.tar.gz
a3e8049755e536f647640762a483ebe1b6c79cc50cc81a746fa64a404e98d271  gnucash-5.17.setup.exe
adbc91d6d69a297c1c599ad2849303a06c01310130d355473c0700f80dd2eb32  Gnucash-Arm-5.17-1.dmg
56f13c494bca3cd38f7bc1974158d08ddb12e03e877a1cc1fd11a9bbb4ba8c1b  Gnucash-Intel-5.17-1.dmg
b02c3abb7e24379ad414c43257f45e7f54b527a3862ff896d03ee1ce02633699  gnucash-docs-5.17.tar.gz

Note that at the time of this email https://www.gnucash.org/ is not taking updates so it doesn’t have the links. Use the direct links below to get GnuCash 5.17

Microsoft Windows:
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.17/gnucash-5.17.setup.exe
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.17/gnucash-5.17.setup.exe

Apple macOS:
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.17/Gnucash-Arm-5.17-1.dmg
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.17/Gnucash-Intel-5.17-1.dmg
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.14/Gnucash-Arm-5.17-1.dmg
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.14/Gnucash-Intel-5.17-1.dmg

Getting GnuCash as source code
If you want to compile GnuCash 5.17 for yourself, the source code can be downloaded from:
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.17/gnucash-5.17.tar.bz2
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.17/gnucash-5.17.tar.gz
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.17/gnucash-5.17.tar.bz2
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.17/gnucash-5.17.tar.gz

You can also checkout the sources directly from the git repository as described at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git.

To compile GnuCash from the source code by yourself, you will need at least Gtk+ 3.22.30, Guile 2.0, Boost 1.67, WebKitGtk 2.4, GoogleTest 1.8.0, cmake 3.14.5 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

Getting the documentation

The documentation is available at Documentation page of the GnuCash website. The 5.13 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.

If you want to compile the GnuCash Documentation 5.17 for yourself, the source code can be downloaded from:

Sourceforge: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.17/gnucash-docs-5.17.tar.gz 
GitHub: https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.14/gnucash-docs-5.17.tar.gz

You can also checkout the sources directly from the git repository as described at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git.

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.

Regards,
John Ralls