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hledger

Robust plain text accounting.

hledger is an accounting program, for tracking money, time, or other commodities. It is cross platform and released under GNU GPLv3.

With powerful, intuitive functionality accessible from command line, terminal or web browser, hledger is a fast, secure, dependable alternative to spreadsheets, Quickbooks, GnuCash, Xero etc.

The hledger project is led by Simon Michael. Ive been building and relying on hledger since 2007. I hope you find it helpful in mastering your time and money. Welcome to the project!

Introduction

What is hledger ?
A robust, well documented implementation of plain text accounting.

plain text accounting?
Using plain text data formats and version control for reliable, transparent accounting.

accounting?
Tracking your use of valuable commodities, such as money or time, for increased awareness and effectiveness.

Help/Feedback

IRC: #hledger on Freenode
Twitter: #hledger,
#plaintextaccounting
Reddit: /r/plaintextaccounting
Hacker News: stories, comments
Mail list: list.hledger.org, hledger@googlegroups.com
Issues: bugs.hledger.org (bugs), issues.hledger.org (all), open issues (overview)
Other: simon@joyful.com

Reference

Release notes
Whats new in each hledger version.

User manual
The main hledger manuals combined on one page for easy searching. Includes:

hledger
the command-line UI

hledger-ui
a curses-style UI

hledger-web
a web UI

hledger-api
a HTTP JSON server

journal format
hledgers native file format

csv format
hledgers CSV import system

timeclock format
a file format for precise time logging

timedot format
a file format for human-friendly approximate time logging

Contribute

Contributor Guide
Whats to do and how to do it

Help fund hledger!
Making good software and documentation costs a lot.

paypal open collective backers open collective sponsors
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