Follow the guidelines for preparing templates and, if needed, ask for our support.

When everything is ready, make sure to also send us your authorization to publish the content, by email. See a sample at the bottom of the page.

Guidelines for preparing templates

• Remove initial balances from the double-entry template or the income and expenses template.
• Include sample transactions.
• Anonymize customer and supplier accounts (Customer One, Customer Two, …, Supplier One, Supplier Two, ...).
• Include fictional references in the template headers (e.g., Company SA) and for bank accounts.
• Describe the template from the point of view of a non-expert and, if necessary, instruct the user on how to use it.
• Send us an email and attach the .ac2 file along with the description and/or instructions on how to use it.

We help you create your template

Whatever your idea for a template, we will help you give it the right visibility. We are happy to dedicate our time and resources to assist you in creating and/or preparing the template to publish in the Community. Request our support by email.

Template license

The template can be shared under the Creative Commons 1.0 Universal license, Creative Commons BY 4.0, or Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0.

These types of licenses are used for non-software content and are necessary to ensure the template can be customized and used by other users. They also allow it to be made available to all users online.

• Creative Commons 1.0 Universal: you waive copyright on the template you created and dedicate it to the public domain worldwide.
• Creative Commons BY 4.0: makes the template available with proper attribution, providing a link to the license and indicating if changes were made.
• Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0: makes the template available with proper attribution, providing a link to the license and indicating if changes were made. Any modifications must be shared under the same original license.

Requirements for publication

The only requirement is to have a valid subscription to Banana Accounting Plus. If you also want to become a Banana Partner, you need the Advanced plan.

Sample authorization for publication

Here is the sample email authorization required to publish your content:

"Dear Banana team,
I authorize the sharing of my content under the Creative Commons 1.0 Universal license and the terms and conditions of the Banana Accounting Plus Community.
I attach the necessary files and request their publication.
Best regards."

 

Follow our guidelines to prepare extensions and don't hesitate to contact us for further support if necessary.

Once you are ready, in addition to the content, please submit by e-mail your authorisation to publish. Please refer to the e-mail template at the bottom of this page required for publication purposes.

What are the extensions

These are extensions of the program's functionalities, for reporting, calculating, exporting, importing, establishing bills and reminders and other. Take a closer look at the Extensions menu.

Extension sharing guidelines

Please make sure that you have:

• Entered the extension attributes for the necessary informations of your extension.
• Inserted descriptive comments within the code.
• Formatted the code visualization.
• Described the extension and its functionality by providing all necessary instructions for its use. Quoted the links to documentation if necessary.
• Sent an e-mail and attached the Javascript files, qrc file, manifest.json file, sbaa extension and the documentation into a zip file.

If your extension only works with a specific template, please refer also to page how to prepare template for sharing. Please also include your template in the zip file.

Helping you share your extensions

Whatever your extension idea is, we help you maximise its visibility. If you wish to participate and publish in our Community, you can choose to have our full support and resources helping you create and/or prepare your extension. Request our support by e-mail.

Extension license

The extensions can be shared with the MIT license, Apache Licence 2.0, GNU GPL v3.0, GNU LGPL v3.0 o GNU AGPL v3.0.

The conditions of this licences require the retention of the copyright and the notice of the licence used.

• MIT License: A short and simple permissive license with conditions only requiring preservation of copyright and license notices. Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code.
• Apache License 2.0: A permissive license whose main conditions require preservation of copyright and license notices. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code.
• GNU GPL v3.0: Permissions of this strong copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights.
• GNU LGPL v3.0: Permissions of this copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications under the same license or the GNU GPLv3. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. However, a larger work using the licensed work through interfaces provided by the licensed work may be distributed under different terms and without source code for the larger work.
• GNU AGPL v3.0: Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the complete source code of the modified version must be made available.

Publication Requirements

The only requirement is to have a valid subscription to Banana Accounting Plus.

Published extensions on Banana

The available Community extensions will be visible from the menu Extensions > Manage Extensions....

In the window that appears, select Online and then the section Community.

Authorisation to publish content

Here is the e-mail permission template needed to publish your content:

"Hello,

I herewith authorise the sharing of my content according to the MIT license and terms and conditions provided by the Banana Accounting Plus Community.

I attach the necessary files requesting their publication.

Best Regards."