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@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ commodities, using standard accounting principles. It is quite limited in
features, but reliable. For some, it is a bare-bones, less complex, less
expensive alternative to Quicken or Microsoft Money.
..
(For techies: hledger is a remix, in haskell, of John Wiegley's excellent
ledger accounting tool. It reads a plain text journal file describing your
transactions and displays reports via command line, curses or web
interface.)
hledger aims to help both computer experts and every-day users gain clarity in their finances and time management.
I use it every day to:
@ -25,7 +19,7 @@ Here is a **demo_** of the web interface.
Here is the **manual_**.
For support and more technical info, see **`hledger for techies`_** or **`email me`_**.
Download and try **`hledger for mac`_**, **`hledger for windows`_**, or **hledger for linux (`32 bit`_, `64 bit`_)**.
Download and try **`hledger for mac`_**, **`hledger for windows`_**, or **hledger for linux (`32 bit intel`_, `64 bit intel`_)**.
.. _demo: http://demo.hledger.org
@ -34,5 +28,5 @@ Download and try **`hledger for mac`_**, **`hledger for windows`_**, or **hledge
.. _email me: mailto:simon@joyful.com
.. _hledger for mac: http://hledger.org/binaries/hledger-0.6-mac-i386.gz
.. _hledger for windows: http://hledger.org/binaries/hledger-0.6-win-i386.zip
.. _32 bit: http://hledger.org/binaries/hledger-0.6.1+9-linux-i386.gz
.. _64 bit: http://hledger.org/binaries/hledger-0.6-linux-x86_64.gz
.. _32 bit intel: http://hledger.org/binaries/hledger-0.6.1+9-linux-i386.gz
.. _64 bit intel: http://hledger.org/binaries/hledger-0.6-linux-x86_64.gz

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This is the official hledger manual. You may also want to visit
the http://hledger.org home page,
the `hledger for techies`_ page,
and possibly `c++ ledger's manual`_ for background.
and perhaps `c++ ledger's manual`_.
(Tip: hledger.org docs are also available with .pdf suffix.)
Introduction
------------
hledger is an accounting tool for tracking money, time, or other commodities using standard accounting principles.
hledger is a program for tracking money, time, or other commodities using standard accounting principles.
It was inspired by John Wiegley's "ledger" project, which I used and admired.
I wrote hledger because I wanted to build financial tools in the Haskell
programming language rather than C++.
hledger's most basic function is to generate register and balance reports
hledger's basic function is to generate register and balance reports
from a plain text ledger file, at the command line or via the web or
curses interface. You can use it to, eg,