Locbook

LOCbook is a Linux based suite of accounting applications. It is distributed as free software, but requires IBM Informix 4GL and SE or IDS database. Development began in 2005 and it was originally used as an in-house accounting program by a Shell Oil jobber. With the popularity of free software and the lack of it available for the petroleum wholesale market, the developer released the suite as a low-cost alternative.
The petroleum wholesale market generates $750 billion in annual revenue and the USA had 121,446 gas stations in 2002 according to the Census. Additionally the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) represents 144,000
convenience stores in the U.S. and abroad, as well as wholesalers, distributors and suppliers. Despite the size of this industry it was unserved in the free accounting software market. To date this is the only free accounting software available for petroleum marketers.
The following modules are included in the software suite:
* Accounts Payable
* Accounts Receivable
* Retail Sales (Includes pricebook for POS barcode scanning)
* Fuel Management
* Sales
* Inventory
* General Ledger
* Tax Control
* Fuel Dispatch
* Payroll