EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
 American Software, Inc.:
 
  We consent to incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Numbers
33-55214 and 33-83396 on Form S-8 and Registration Statement Number 33-79640
on Form S-3 of American Software, Inc. of our report dated June 14, 1996
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of American Software, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of April 30, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows and related
schedule for each of the years in the three-year period ended April 30, 1996,
which report appears in the April 30, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of
American Software, Inc.
 
                                        /s/KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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                                        KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Atlanta, Georgia 
July 26, 1996
 
 
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