hledger

Robust, friendly, fast,
plain text accounting.



hledger is friendly, fast, and dependable accounting software for tracking money, investments, cryptocurrencies, time, or any countable commodity. It uses human-readable plain text data that you control.

You can import CSV from banks, or enter data via web/terminal interfaces or your favorite text editor. hledger provides powerful reports and scales smoothly from simple to sophisticated needs. It works well with version control, scripts, and LLMs. Read more at Why hledger ? and FAQ.

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  • The lines button at top left toggles the site's navigation sidebar.
  • The paintbrush button changes the site theme.
  • The magnifying-glass button searches this site.
  • The left and right arrow keys step through the pages (as listed in the sidebar).
  • Access keys are also available: s sidebar, t theme, / search, 1 home, 2 changes. You may need to first click the page body to set the focus.