## 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)
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#### [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](developer-guide.html)!
## Reference
#### [Manuals](manual.html)
AKA The Law. One big page, including:
**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.
## Doing stuff
#### [The Cookbook](cookbook.html)
Practical user recipes, including:
[Start a journal](start-journal.html)\
[Track changes with version control](version-control.html)\
[Common journal entries](entries.html)\
[Convert CSV files](csv-import.html)\
[Rewrite account names](account-aliases.html)\
[Use another account separator character](account-separator.html)\