A reliable, user-friendly Plain Text Accounting tool with command line, terminal and web interfaces.
Go to file
2023-06-02 07:49:18 -10:00
.github ci: windows: try ghc 9.4.4 to work around ghc#23309 2023-05-10 10:03:51 -10:00
.sandstorm Add --capabilities-header to launcher.sh 2018-06-24 17:44:22 +02:00
.vscode/notebooks ;doc: add VS Code notebooks: github issues, hledger-web REST API 2023-05-10 17:08:12 -10:00
bin ;bin: bar: help tweak 2023-05-23 17:14:47 -10:00
checks update dev setup tests 2015-03-16 17:59:06 -07:00
doc ;doc:github-release: update 2023-06-01 17:03:49 -10:00
docker package: added helper scripts in docker/ 2019-01-31 12:44:12 -08:00
docker-static-arm32v7 Static builds for Linux on x64 (amd64) and arm32v7 architectures (#1571) 2021-06-30 18:05:27 -10:00
examples ;examples:csv: Makefile: update status 2023-05-31 21:59:43 -10:00
hledger ;doc: update manuals 2023-06-01 16:35:11 -10:00
hledger-install ;imp: install: update for 1.30, output improvements 2023-06-01 16:34:03 -10:00
hledger-lib ;doc: update manuals 2023-06-01 16:35:11 -10:00
hledger-ui ;doc: update manuals 2023-06-01 16:35:11 -10:00
hledger-web ;doc: update manuals 2023-06-01 16:35:11 -10:00
tools ;dev:tools: checkembeddedfiles 2023-06-02 07:49:18 -10:00
.ci ;api: another round of hledger-api purging; fix the build 2019-09-11 14:49:22 -07:00
.ctags ;dev: tools: fix make etags 2023-04-27 09:17:03 -10:00
.dockerignore package: added Dockerfile 2019-01-29 16:14:03 -08:00
.editorconfig fix datepicker not closing, linting 2017-12-30 13:44:40 -05:00
.ghci dev: ghci: disable color, which sometimes obscures pretty-printed output 2023-05-18 07:12:51 -10:00
.gitignore tools: stop ignoring site/ 2022-04-14 10:58:31 -10:00
.hlint.yaml cln: silence some warnings/lints 2022-03-26 08:34:21 -10:00
.mailmap doc: use consistent spelling of Mykola Orliuk 2017-03-27 05:47:15 -07:00
.version ;pkg: bump version to 1.30.99 2023-06-01 16:34:52 -10:00
azure-pipelines.yml ;api: another round of hledger-api purging; fix the build 2019-09-11 14:49:22 -07:00
bake ;dev: rename tools/release to bake 2023-03-16 15:54:39 -10:00
bench-ledger.sh ;imp: perf: Ledger-friendly bench-ledger.sh, for comparative benchmarking 2021-11-20 22:05:19 -10:00
bench.sh ;tools: update instructions for installing quickbench 2021-06-15 15:19:38 -10:00
cabal.project ; cabal.project: Drop compatibility comment 2021-10-08 08:31:43 -10:00
CHANGES.md ;doc: merge 1.30 changelogs 2023-06-01 16:29:35 -10:00
dev.hs collect some langage pragmas in dev.hs 2019-02-20 18:08:33 -08:00
dir ;dev: doc: update manuals 2021-07-12 18:50:06 -10:00
Dockerfile ;api: another round of hledger-api purging; fix the build 2019-09-11 14:49:22 -07:00
hie-stack.yaml ;dev: an explicit ghc 9.2 hie.yaml for HLS, the only one that works now 2023-02-15 16:29:52 -10:00
LICENSE add LICENSE 2008-10-01 07:52:07 +00:00
Makefile ;dev: make copy-exe*/install-as*: install binaries to bin/old/ 2023-05-27 08:56:05 -10:00
Makefile.helpsys make: rename sub-makefiles; start moving site script to make/shake 2019-03-05 18:43:04 -08:00
README.md CREDITS.html -> CREDITS.md 2022-06-09 17:12:32 +01:00
Shake.hs ;dev: stack: bump to nightly-2023-05-31 2023-05-31 18:57:30 -10:00
stack8.10.yaml imp: lib: export more terminal size, ANSI style/color helpers 2023-03-18 19:59:00 -10:00
stack9.0.yaml ;dev: ui, web: fixes for ghc 9.6; cleanup (#2011) 2023-03-15 20:43:51 -10:00
stack9.2.yaml pkg: stack cleanups 2023-04-07 14:15:31 -10:00
stack9.6.yaml ;pkg: early stack build plan using GHC 9.6.1 (#2011) 2023-03-15 20:44:05 -10:00
stack.yaml ;dev: stack: bump to nightly-2023-05-31 2023-05-31 18:57:30 -10:00

hledger

Robust, intuitive plain text accounting

license on hackage github issues

Welcome! This a brief intro to hledger. For a more detailed version, see the home page: https://hledger.org

hledger is lightweight, cross platform, multi-currency, double-entry accounting software. It lets you track money, investments, cryptocurrencies, invoices, time, inventory and more, in a safe, future-proof plain text data format with full version control and privacy.

hledger aims to help both computer experts and regular folks gain clarity in their finances and time management. Though the UIs are basic, hledger can model any accounting situation and provide precise, clear reports. It is reliable, quick, and backed by the highly supportive Plain Text Accounting ecosystem. Using it is an excellent way to learn double entry accounting.

Compared to other PTA apps, hledger is actively maintained, with regular releases, and a strong focus on being easy to use and practical for everyday accounting.

More features:

  • Installs easily on unix, mac or windows
  • Complete, built-in documentation in multiple formats, beginner videos, tutorials etc.
  • Multiple UIs: command-line, terminal, web, mobile, editors/IDEs
  • Good at importing and exporting CSV; also outputs text/HTML/JSON/SQL
  • A robust, general, well-specified multi-currency accounting engine
  • Fast, analysing 25k transactions per second on a macbook air m1
  • Accurate to 255 decimal places
  • Supports your preferred account names, currencies, number formats
  • Inspired by and partly compatible with Ledger CLI; interconvertible with Beancount
  • Scriptable by CLI, HTTP or API, with plenty of examples
  • Clean Haskell codebase, continually improved since 2007, with $100 regression bounties
  • Free software licensed under GPLv3+.

Examples

I use hledger to:

  • track income and spending, sometimes with budgets
  • see time reports by day/week/month/project
  • track reimbursables, invoices and payments
  • predict cashflow and account balances
  • get accurate numbers for tax filing
  • research past events

Here's an example of the journal file format:

2022-01-01 opening balances as of this date
    assets:bank:checking                $1000
    assets:bank:savings                 $2000
    assets:cash                          $100
    liabilities:creditcard               $-50
    equity:opening/closing balances

2022-01-15 market
    expenses:food             $50
    assets:cash              $-50

2022-02-01 GOODWORKS CORP
    assets:bank:checking           $1000
    income:salary                 $-1000

and some simple reports:

$ hledger bs
Balance Sheet 2022-02-15

                        || 2022-02-15 
========================++============
 Assets                 ||            
------------------------++------------
 assets:bank:checking   ||      $2000 
 assets:bank:savings    ||      $2000 
 assets:cash            ||        $50 
------------------------++------------
                        ||      $4050 
========================++============
 Liabilities            ||            
------------------------++------------
 liabilities:creditcard ||        $50 
------------------------++------------
                        ||        $50 
========================++============
 Net:                   ||      $4000 
$ hledger is --monthly                                            
Income Statement 2022-01-01..2022-02-28                                               
                                                                                      
               ||  Jan    Feb                                                         
===============++=============                                                        
 Revenues      ||                                                                     
---------------++-------------                                                        
 income:salary ||    0  $1000                                                         
---------------++-------------                                                        
               ||    0  $1000                                                         
===============++=============                                                        
 Expenses      ||                                                                     
---------------++-------------                                                        
 expenses:food ||  $50      0                                                         
---------------++-------------                                                        
               ||  $50      0                                                         
===============++=============                                                        
 Net:          || $-50  $1000                                                         

More examples and screenshots: https://hledger.org/#how-to-get-started

Funding

hledger is brought to you by Simon Michael, 140+ contributors, and the generous financial sponsors below.

After enjoying some personal or organisational success with hledger, you might want to become one of them, to help support this work. It's easy! Please see https://hledger.org/sponsor.html for details.

Organisational sponsors

Individual sponsors

If your logo/avatar needs to be added, let me know!