# hledger docs

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hledger-specific docs are collected here. 
For more docs relevant to all ledger-likes, see [plaintextaccounting.org](http://plaintextaccounting.org).

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## Introduction

### What is hledger?
An enhanced, well-documented rewrite of the original plain text accounting tool.\
[hledger intro](http://hledger.org)\
[Frequently Asked Questions](faq.html)\
[Download](download.html)\
[Release notes](release-notes.html)\


### What is Plain Text Accounting?
Using plain text data formats and modular free software tools for robust, efficient accounting.\
[plaintextaccounting.org](http://plaintextaccounting.org)\


### What is Accounting?
Tracking your use of valuable commodities, such as money or time, for increased awareness and effectiveness.\
[Selected accounting links](more-docs.html#accounting)\


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## [Guide](guide.html){title="all on one page"}

A growing collection of tutorials, how-tos and discussion of general topics.
(Please help complete this!)

### Getting started

[hledger Step by Step](step-by-step.html) tutorial\


### Journal management

[Start a journal](start-journal.html)\
[Track changes with version control](version-control.html)\


### Account names

[PTA: choosing accounts](http://plaintextaccounting.org/#choosing-accounts)\
[Rewrite account names](account-aliases.html)\
[Use another account separator character](account-separator.html)\


### Journal entries

[Basic journal entries](entries.html)\
[Project accounting](project-accounting.html)\


### Data entry/import

[Convert CSV files](csv-import.html)\


### Investing

[Track investments](investments.html)\


### More..

[Save frequently used options](argfiles.html)\
[PTA: Common tasks](http://plaintextaccounting.org/#common-tasks)\

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## [Reference](manual.html){title="all on one page"}

Reference manuals, covering every part of hledger's functionality.

### Core tools

[hledger](hledger.html)
is the command-line UI

[hledger-ui](hledger-ui.html)
is a curses-style UI

[hledger-web](hledger-web.html)
is a web UI

[hledger-api](hledger-api.html)
is a HTTP-JSON API

### File formats

[journal format](journal.html)
is hledger's native data format, representing an accounting journal

[csv format](csv.html)
allows hledger to read and write CSV, a common download format

[timeclock format](timeclock.html)
is for precise time logging with clock-in/clock-out

[timedot format](timedot.html)
is for human-friendly approximate time logging

### Addon tools

(cf [download -> D](download.html#d))

[hledger-diff](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-diff)
shows differences in an account's transactions between one journal file and another.

[hledger-iadd](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-iadd)
is a curses-style replacement for hledger's add command. 

[hledger-interest](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-interest)
generates interest transactions for an account according to various schemes. 

[hledger-irr](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-irr)
calculates the internal rate of return of an investment account.

Some experimental tools:

[hledger-budget.hs](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/blob/master/bin/hledger-budget.hs#L10)
adds Ledger-style periodic transactions and budget reports.

[hledger-check.hs](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/blob/master/bin/hledger-check.hs)
checks more powerful account balance assertions.

Also:

[ledger-autosync](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ledger-autosync),
can download, deduplicate and/or convert OFX data (includes hledger support, 
rename/symlink it to hledger-autosync to see it in commands list)

[PTA: related tools](http://plaintextaccounting.org/#related-tools)
lists all known plain text accounting helper tools


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