hledger and Obsidian
Plugins and tutorials for using hledger from inside an Obsidian vault.
Hledger Notes
Manage hledger transactions inside your Obsidian vault. Daily-note integration, fuzzy account autosuggest, multi-currency support, and import/export between daily notes and journal files. Available in the Obsidian Community Plugin directory.
- https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=hledger-notes
- https://github.com/bzimor/obsidian_hledger
- https://forum.obsidian.md/t/plugin-for-plaintext-accounting-enthusiasts-hledger-notes/100861
- https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianMD/comments/v6egmh/i_wrote_script_using_templater_to_add_hledger/
ledger-obsidian
Ledger-format plain text accounting inside Obsidian, with a quick-entry widget. Compatible with hledger’s reading mode for the same journal format. No longer maintained as of July 2024.
- https://github.com/tgrosinger/ledger-obsidian
- https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianMD/comments/u9osib/anyone_out_there_using_the_ledger_plugin/
Tutorials
- Personal Finance in Obsidian with hledger and Claude Code (2026) — setup guide to use hledger alongside Obsidian and Claude Code.
Discussion
- Plain text accounting with Obsidian — PTA forum thread.