# Documentation
## Getting started #### [Download](download.html) How to get hledger installed. #### [Step by Step tutorial](step-by-step.html) Small, guided exercises introducing data entry, reporting, and accounting. #### [Frequently Asked Questions](faq.html) Some questions and answers, mostly comparing hledger and Ledger. ### Examples #### [How to read CSV files](how-to-read-csv-files.html) An example of converting bank data. #### [How to use account aliases](how-to-use-account-aliases.html) Aliases for account name rewriting. ## General info #### [More docs](more-docs.html) A useful collection of links, eg on accounting, being moved to: #### [plaintextaccounting.org](http://plaintextaccounting.org) A comprehensive survey of our larger community and common practices
## Reference #### [User Manual](manual.html) The comprehensive manual, all on one page. ### Tools Here is the same manual (more or less) organized as unix man pages (work in progress): #### [hledger(1)](hledger.1.html) The main reporting tool and command-line interface. #### [hledger-ui(1)](hledger-ui.1.html) A curses-style UI for quick exploration. #### [hledger-web(1)](hledger-web.1.html) A web UI for browsing and data entry, personal or shared. #### [hledger-api(1)](hledger-api.1.html) A REST-y JSON and file server, good for building client-side UIs. ### File formats #### [hledger_journal(5)](hledger_journal.5.html) hledger's primary data format, representing a general journal. #### [hledger_csv(5)](hledger_csv.5.html) How hledger reads Comma Separated Value data. #### [hledger_timelog(5)](hledger_timelog.5.html) Timeclock format, a sequence of clock-in/clock-out records. #### [hledger_timedot(5)](hledger_timedot.5.html) Timedot format, an alternative time logging format.