Ledger
The original plain-text double-entry accounting tool for the command line.
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2 more ways to get Ledger
Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install ledger - Homebrew
brew install ledger
About Ledger
Ledger reads a plain-text journal and reports balances, registers and budgets from it without ever writing back to the file, which makes the ledger the single source of truth. It handles multiple currencies and commodities, virtual postings and arbitrary reporting periods.
Strengths
- Never modifies your journal; reporting is entirely read-only
- Handles commodities, currencies and arbitrary reporting periods
Limitations
- Command-line only, with a terse query syntax to learn
- No import tooling of its own
Details
- Pricing
- FreeThe open-source application is available without a license fee.
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Developer
- John Wiegley
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- The original plain-text double-entry accounting tool for the command line
- Categories
- Personal finance
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Self-Hosting & Homelab); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.