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| % home
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| <div class="panel panel-primary" style="float:right; max-width:200px; margin-left:1em;">
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| <div class="panel-heading">
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| <h2 class="panel-title">Get started</h2>
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| </div>
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| <div class="panel-body">
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| **[Install](download.html)**,
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| read the **[tutorial](step-by-step.html)**
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| or **[manual](manual.html)**
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| or **[blog posts](more-docs.html#blog-posts-articles)**,
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| or join us on IRC or the mail list.
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| | IRC                       | [#hledger](http://irc.hledger.org) (see also [#ledger](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=ledger&randomnick=1))
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| | Mail list       | via [google](http://list.hledger.org) or [gmane](http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.finance.ledger.hledger)
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| | Twitter                   | [#ledgercli](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ledgercli&src=typd&f=realtime), <a href="https://twitter.com/ledgertips">@LedgerTips</a>
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| | Github                    | [code](http://github.com/simonmichael/hledger), [bugs](http://bugs.hledger.org), [issues](http://issues.hledger.org)
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| | More...         | [quick links](http://hledger.org/developer-guide.html#quick-links)
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| <!-- | web UI demo             | [demo.hledger.org](http://demo.hledger.org) | -->
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| <!-- [web ui demo](http://demo.hledger.org/register?q=inacct%3Aassets%3Abank%3Achecking+sym%3A\%24) -->
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| 
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| # hledger is...
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| 
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| ### a lightweight, dependable, cross-platform accounting program
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| <img src="/images/coins2-248.png" width="" height="200" style="float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em;" />
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| hledger is a computer program for easily tracking money, time, or
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| other commodities, on unix, mac and windows. With simple yet powerful
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| functionality accessed from command line or web browser, it is a
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| reliable, lightweight alternative to Quicken or GnuCash. I
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| use it for:
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| 
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| - tracking spending and income
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| - seeing time reports by day/week/month/project
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| - getting accurate numbers for client billing and tax filing
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| - tracking invoices
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| - building financial and time clarity and serenity
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| 
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| 
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| ### Free software
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| 
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| hledger is available under the GNU GPLv3+, which helps ensure that it
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| will remain free and available for as long as you need it.  It has
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| been developed as a community project by
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| [Simon Michael](http://joyful.com) and
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| [contributors](contributors.html) since 2007.
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| </div>
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| 
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| ### inspired by Ledger
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| 
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| hledger was inspired by and maintains substantial compatibility with [Ledger](faq.html#hledger-and-ledger),
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| and is part of the enthusiastic and supportive "*ledger" community.
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| </div>
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| 
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| ### a command-line tool, that respects your data
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| 
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| hledger is first a command-line tool. It follows Ledger's philosophy:
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| your data lives in a simple, safe, plain text file which you can edit
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| any way you wish; hledger reads that file and produces reports of
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| various kinds, without changing your data. (It can help you add new
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| transactions, but does not change existing ones.)
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| </div>
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| 
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| <div class="indent1">
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| ### ...with a web UI
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| 
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| hledger comes with a built-in web server providing an alternate
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| [browser-based interface](manual.html#web)
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| ([demo](http://demo.hledger.org)), for assisted data entry and point
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| and click reporting. The web and command-line clients can be used
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| simultaneously.  </div>
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| ### a Haskell application and library
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| hledger is written in Haskell, a modern and highly-regarded
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| programming language which contributes to hledger's robustness,
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| performance and long-term maintainability.  Most functionality is
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| exposed as reusable Haskell
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| [libraries](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-lib), making it
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| easy to write your own hledger-compatible
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| [scripts](more-docs.html#scripting-examples), [add-ons](manual.html#add-ons) and
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| applications.
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| </div>
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| 
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| ### documented
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| 
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| Complete, accurate documentation is always a top priority.
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| </div>
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| ### comfortable for techies, usable by all
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| 
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| hledger aims to be useful to both computer experts and regular folks.
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| Currently it is a bit more suited to power users, who appreciate the
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| power of text files, revision control, scriptability and double entry
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| accounting. The web interface helps make it accessible to GUI-only
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| folk as well.
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| ### focussed on serving the user
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| 
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| hledger strives to be usable, practical and to provide real-world value.
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| I've been depending on it and improving it since 2007.
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| I needed a tool like this badly, and I want to keep it growing and helping others who can also benefit.
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| You can help!
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| </div>
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| 
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| <!-- Has hledger saved you or your employer money, time or peace of mind ? -->
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