Ledger and the other Ledger-likes inspired by it are minimalist software tools for efficient double-entry-style accounting. This site introduces them and their way of doing things.
+Ledger, hledger, beancount, and other Ledger-likes are minimalist software tools for efficient double-entry-style accounting. This site introduces them and their way of doing things.
Accounting data is valuable; we want to know that it will be accessible for ever - even without software. We want to know when it changes, and revision-control it. We want to search and manipulate it efficiently. So, we store it as human-readable plain text.
We simplify debits and credits by using signed numbers instead - positive for inflows to an account, negative for outflows from an account.
We define arbitrary account hierarchy to suit our needs. This scales smoothly from simple to complex scenarios, and from high-level overview to fine detail.
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md index 547c55a..80174ab 100644 --- a/index.md +++ b/index.md @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Transactions consist of ### … with text -**[Ledger](#ledger-likes)** and the other **[Ledger-likes](#ledger-likes)** inspired by it +Ledger, hledger, beancount, and other **[Ledger-likes](#ledger-likes)** are minimalist software tools for efficient double-entry-style accounting. This site introduces them and their way of doing things.