# Documentation

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## Getting started

#### [Home](index.html)
What is hledger, and what can it do for you ?

#### [Download](download.html)
How to get it.

#### [Step by Step Tutorial](step-by-step.html)
Small, guided exercises introducing data entry, reporting, and accounting.

#### [Release Notes](release-notes.html)

#### [FAQ](faq.html)

#### [Misc. links](more-docs.html)
A few links not yet moved to... 

#### [plaintextaccounting.org](http://plaintextaccounting.org)
More overview, tips and tools from the plain text accounting community

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To get started as a developer, see [Contribute](contributing.html)!

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## Reference

#### [Manuals](manual.html)
AKA The Law. One big page, including:

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**Tools**

**[`hledger`](hledger.html)**\
The command-line UI
, for flexibility and automation.

**[`hledger-ui`](hledger-ui.html)**\
A curses-style UI
, for quick review and monitoring.

**[`hledger-web`](hledger-web.html)**\
A web UI
, for browsing, sharing, and collaboration.

**[`hledger-api`](hledger-api.html)**\
A basic web API
, for building client-side apps. 

**File formats**

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

**[CSV](csv.html)**\
Comma Separated Values, used for import/export.

**[Timeclock](timeclock.html)**\
For time logging, with clock-in/clock-out records.

**[Timedot](timedot.html)**\
A more human-friendly time logging format.

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## Doing stuff

#### [The Cookbook](cookbook.html)
Practical user recipes, including:

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[Start a journal](start-journal.html)\
[Track changes with version control](version-control.html)\
[Example journal entries](entries.html)\
[Convert CSV files](csv-import.html)\
[Rewrite account names](account-aliases.html)\
[Use another account separator character](account-separator.html)\
[Track investments](investments.html)\

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