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title: hledger docs
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# Docs

**Official hledger docs:**

[Release Notes](NEWS.html)\
[Installation Guide](INSTALL.html)\
**[User Manual](MANUAL.html)** (and past versions:
[0.21](0.21/MANUAL.html),
[0.20](0.20/MANUAL.html),
[0.19](0.19/MANUAL.html),
[0.18](0.18/MANUAL.html))\
[Developer Guide](DEVELOP.html)\
[FAQ](FAQ.html)\


**Tutorials:**

[How to read CSV files](CSV.html)\
[How to use account aliases](ALIASES.html)\


**More docs:**

hledger's wiki: [hledger.org/wiki](http://hledger.org/wiki)

ledger's informative [manual](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html)

[Non-Profit Accounting With Ledger CLI, A Tutorial](https://gitorious.org/ledger/npo-ledger-cli/source/npo-ledger-cli-tutorial.md)

[Accounting For Dragons](http://podcastle.org/2009/10/09/pc-miniature-38-accounting-for-dragons) - essential tips

Wikipedia:\
  [Accountancy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accountancy)\
  [Bookkeeping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookkeeping)\
  [Double-entry bookkeeping system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-entry_bookkeeping_system)\
  etc.

WikiWikiWeb:\
  [Double Entry Bookkeeping](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DoubleEntryBookkeeping) - software developers discuss it

**Related:**

Similar software:
[ledger](http://ledger-cli.org),
[UMM](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/UMM),
[penny](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/penny),
[beancount](http://furius.ca/beancount/),
and [more](https://github.com/ledger/ledger/wiki/Ports)