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<h1 style="/*font-size:4em;*/ ">hledger</h1>
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Friendly, robust, plain text accounting.
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<span style="font-size:x-large;">hledger</span> is an accounting program, for tracking money, time, or
other commodities. It is cross platform and released under GNU GPLv3.
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With simple yet powerful functionality accessed from command line, terminal or web browser, 
hledger is a fast, secure, dependable alternative to spreadsheets, Quickbooks, GnuCash, Xero etc.

The hledger project is led by Simon Michael.
I've been building and using hledger since 2007, because I needed it.
Welcome, and I hope you find it helpful in mastering your time and money.
And if you feel like helping this project grow, please join us!

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## Introduction

### What is hledger?

An enhanced, well-documented reimplementation of plain text accounting.\
**[What is hledger ?](intro.html)**

### What is plain text accounting?

Using plain text data formats and version control for robust, transparent 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](http://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/more-docs#accounting)**
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## Help/Feedback

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| IRC:              | [#hledger](http://irc.hledger.org) on Freenode <!-- [chat log](http://ircbrowse.net/browse/hledger); --> <!-- see also [#ledger](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=ledger&randomnick=1) --> <!-- *Quick help and background chat.* --> <!-- *If you don't get an answer promptly, you can type `sm` to alert me, or leave the window open and check back later.* -->
| Twitter:          | [#hledger,<br>#plaintextaccounting](#twitter) <!-- *Social!* -->
| Reddit:           | [/r/plaintextaccounting](https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/)
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| Other:            | [simon@joyful.com](mailto:simon@joyful.com)
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## Reference

**[Release notes](release-notes.html)**\
What's new in each hledger version.

**[User manual](manual.html)**\
The main hledger manuals combined on one page for easy searching.
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[hledger](hledger.html)\
the command-line UI

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

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

[hledger-api](hledger-api.html)\
a HTTP JSON server

[journal format](journal.html)\
hledger's native file format

[csv format](csv.html)\
hledger's CSV import system

[timeclock format](timeclock.html)\
a file format for precise time logging

[timedot format](timedot.html)\
a file format for human-friendly approximate time logging
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# [User Cookbook](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Home)

### Getting started

[hledger basics tutorial](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/hledger basics tutorial)  
[hledger terminology](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/hledger terminology)  
[Create a journal](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Create a journal)  
[Common journal entries](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Common journal entries)  
[hledger accounting concepts tutorial](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/hledger accounting concepts tutorial)          
[FAQ](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/FAQ)

### Data entry, import, management

[Convert CSV files](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Convert CSV files)  
[Customize default CSV accounts](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Customize default CSV accounts)  
[Track changes with version control](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Track changes with version control)  
[Use another account separator character](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Use another account separator character)  
[Full-fledged hledger](https://github.com/adept/full-fledged-hledger)  

### Reporting

[hledger tags tutorial](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/hledger tags tutorial)  
[Queries](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Queries)  
[Rewrite account names](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Rewrite account names)  

### Accounting tasks

[Budgeting and forecasting](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Budgeting and forecasting)  
[Project accounting](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Project accounting)  
[Track investments](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Track investments)  
[Time planning](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Time planning)

### Usage tips

[Addons](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Addons)  
[Mobile apps](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Mobile apps)  
[Save frequently used options](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Save frequently used options)  

### More..

[More docs](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/More docs)  
[plaintextaccounting.org](http://plaintextaccounting.org) -
[ledger‑likes](http://plaintextaccounting.org/#ledger-likes) -
[tools](http://plaintextaccounting.org/#related-tools) -
[docs](http://plaintextaccounting.org/#docs) -
[common&nbsp;tasks](http://plaintextaccounting.org/#common-tasks) -
[discussion](http://plaintextaccounting.org/#discussion)  
[ledger-cli.org](http://ledger-cli.org) - [docs](https://www.ledger-cli.org/docs.html) - [wiki](https://github.com/ledger/ledger/wiki)  
[Beancount's docs](http://furius.ca/beancount/doc/index)  

## [Dev Zone](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Dev Zone) ...
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