ROADMAP

Ideas of where the hledger project should be going next. Being listed here suggests a bit of commitment, perhaps even a schedule. Related: TODO.

2024

Targets:

Targets:

hledger 1.32, december
hledger 1.31, september
hledger 1.30, june
- demos: built in asciinema demos and maintenance process done, 4 simple demos
- ghc 9.6 support partly done, hledger-web is blocked on deps
- process/tools improvement done
- docs improvement done: 115 doc commits + 112 site commits, manual cleanups & rewrites
hledger 1.29, march

Goals:

CSV extensibility: workflows to obtain, use, develop, share, contribute ready-to-use CSV rules
Scripts extensibility: workflows to obtain, use, develop, share, contribute ready-to-use scripts
Interop: clear ledger & beancount import/export how-tos documenting issues & workarounds
Better installer: more robust, binary-installing
Bar charts: simple built in bar charts
Investment: clear updated how-to documenting available tools & best practices for common needs (price fetching, lot reducing, lot reporting, cost reporting, gains reporting)

Priorities:

newcomer/learner experience: docs, installers, demos
customiser/contributor experience: easy csv rules install/contrib, scripts install/contrib
maintainer experience: reduce tech/doc/process/issue debt, increase velocity
marketing/community: news updates, mastodon presence
interop: solve Ledger/Beancount reading/writing/conversion
features: charts, investment

Mission:

Make plain text accounting more usable and useful for all
Bring relief to people experiencing financial and financial technology stress
Help people and communities in all countries increase their financial mastery and freedom
Help grow a shared global culture of accountability and sustainability
Starting with this project and ourselves.

Targets:

hledger 1.19, september
- account transactions register, stricter/more correct handling of unbalanced multicommodity transactions (#1177), Track & show deposited lots (#1022), Report unrealized capital gains/losses (#1029)
hledger 1.18, june
- more effective CI setup, updated home page, quickstart, tutorials etc., negative matching in CSV rules,
hledger 1.17, march
- field matching in CSV rules, reduce install hassles with terminfo C lib (?), more import/export options, simple console charts, refreshed home page, faq, tutorials, manuals,

Priorities:

Documentation: Improve the docs.
Effectiveness: Improve getting-started experience, just-works quality, practicality, real-world usefulness.
Investment: Improve suitability for investment tracking (#1015)
Charts: Add charts and more visual appeal.
Correctness: More support for enforcing correctness & accounting rules.

Targets:

hledger 1.16, december
- ghc 8.8 support, more powerful CSV conversion, updated home page, faq, manuals, reduce install hassles with terminfo C lib