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A robust, fast, and intuitive plain text accounting tool with CLI, TUI, and web interfaces.

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Project Overview

hledger is a lightweight, cross-platform, multi-currency, double-entry accounting software. It tracks money, investments, cryptocurrencies, invoices, time, inventory, and more in a safe, future-proof plain text data format with full version control and privacy.

Key Features

  • Multi-currency double-entry accounting
  • Three interfaces: CLI, TUI, Web UI
  • CSV import and export
  • Output to text/HTML/JSON/SQL
  • Fast: 25,000 transactions per second on MacBook Air M1
  • Accurate to 255 decimal places

Target Audience

  • Individuals and businesses who need accounting software
  • Users who want to use plain text for accounting
  • Financial and accounting professionals

Quick Start

  1. Visit hledger.org for detailed documentation
  2. Install on Unix, macOS, or Windows
  3. Create a journal file (.journal) to record transactions
  4. Run report commands to view financial status

Core Advantages

  • Plain text data format, version-control friendly
  • Partially compatible with Ledger CLI
  • Continuously improved since 2007
  • GPL v3.0 licensed, open-source and free

System Requirements

  • OS: Unix, macOS, Windows
  • Architectures: x86_64, arm64
  • Additional Dependencies: None

Notes

  • Written in Haskell with continuous codebase improvement
  • $100 regression bounty program available

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