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<h3 id="frequently-asked-questions">Frequently Asked Questions</h3> <h3 id="frequently-asked-questions">frequently asked questions</h3>
<p><strong>Who is this for ?</strong><br /> <p><strong>Who is this for ?</strong><br />
Mostly techies and power users for now. If you need a complete GUI providing lots of guidance, you may prefer to use something else.</p> Mostly techies and power users for now. If you need a complete GUI providing lots of guidance, you may prefer to use something else.</p>
<p><strong>Must I edit text and type cryptic commands ?</strong><br /> <p><strong>Must I edit text and type cryptic commands ?</strong><br />
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Understandable. The current plain text accounting tools provide a very generic double entry accounting system with which you can model such things, and script them. There are a number of generic GUIs available (hledger has curses and web interfaces, and there are web/curses/GTK interfaces for Ledger and beancount). But there are not yet a lot of rich task-specific GUIs. There's no reason they can't be built, though.</p> Understandable. The current plain text accounting tools provide a very generic double entry accounting system with which you can model such things, and script them. There are a number of generic GUIs available (hledger has curses and web interfaces, and there are web/curses/GTK interfaces for Ledger and beancount). But there are not yet a lot of rich task-specific GUIs. There's no reason they can't be built, though.</p>
<p><strong>Isn't a plain text format too limited for large organizations ?</strong><br /> <p><strong>Isn't a plain text format too limited for large organizations ?</strong><br />
<em>&quot;it's pretty obvious that plain-text files don't scale to a multinational, with hundreds of accountants of various types all trying to work with the same files. Even with proper use of Git I bet that would get old fast. You would instead want a real database, with a schema, and some data validation and some programs/webpages to smooth out the data entry and querying and whatnot.&quot;</em><br /> <em>&quot;it's pretty obvious that plain-text files don't scale to a multinational, with hundreds of accountants of various types all trying to work with the same files. Even with proper use of Git I bet that would get old fast. You would instead want a real database, with a schema, and some data validation and some programs/webpages to smooth out the data entry and querying and whatnot.&quot;</em><br />
I'm not sure. Current plain text accounting tools can do some schema definition and data validation, and will do more in future. The plain text storage format is open, human-readable, future-proof (useful even without the software), scales smoothly from simple to complex needs, and taps a huge ecosystem of highly useful tooling, such as version control systems. And, despite the name, there's no reason these tools can't support other kinds of storage, such as a database. (hledger has four storage formats and is designed to accept more).</p> I'm not sure. Current plain text accounting tools can do some schema definition and data validation, and will do more in future. The plain text storage format is open, human-readable, future-proof (useful even without the software), scales smoothly from simple to complex needs, and taps a huge ecosystem of highly useful tooling, such as version control systems. And, despite the name, there's no reason these tools can't support other kinds of storage, such as a database.</p>
<p><strong>Where can I see a comparison of hledger, Ledger, beancount, and the rest ?</strong><br /> <p><strong>Where can I see a comparison of hledger, Ledger, beancount, and the rest ?</strong><br />
Glad you asked! See below, and also <a href="#comparisons">comparisons</a>. hledger's FAQ discusses differences from Ledger, Beancount docs probably do too.</p> Glad you asked! See below, and also <a href="#comparisons">comparisons</a>. hledger's FAQ discusses differences from Ledger, Beancount docs probably do too.</p>
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### Frequently Asked Questions ### frequently asked questions
**Who is this for ?**\ **Who is this for ?**\
Mostly techies and power users for now. Mostly techies and power users for now.
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**Isn't a plain text format too limited for large organizations ?**\ **Isn't a plain text format too limited for large organizations ?**\
*"it's pretty obvious that plain-text files don't scale to a multinational, with hundreds of accountants of various types all trying to work with the same files. Even with proper use of Git I bet that would get old fast. You would instead want a real database, with a schema, and some data validation and some programs/webpages to smooth out the data entry and querying and whatnot."*\ *"it's pretty obvious that plain-text files don't scale to a multinational, with hundreds of accountants of various types all trying to work with the same files. Even with proper use of Git I bet that would get old fast. You would instead want a real database, with a schema, and some data validation and some programs/webpages to smooth out the data entry and querying and whatnot."*\
I'm not sure. Current plain text accounting tools can do some schema definition and data validation, and will do more in future. The plain text storage format is open, human-readable, future-proof (useful even without the software), scales smoothly from simple to complex needs, and taps a huge ecosystem of highly useful tooling, such as version control systems. And, despite the name, there's no reason these tools can't support other kinds of storage, such as a database. (hledger has four storage formats and is designed to accept more). I'm not sure. Current plain text accounting tools can do some schema definition and data validation, and will do more in future. The plain text storage format is open, human-readable, future-proof (useful even without the software), scales smoothly from simple to complex needs, and taps a huge ecosystem of highly useful tooling, such as version control systems. And, despite the name, there's no reason these tools can't support other kinds of storage, such as a database.
**Where can I see a comparison of hledger, Ledger, beancount, and the rest ?**\ **Where can I see a comparison of hledger, Ledger, beancount, and the rest ?**\
Glad you asked! See below, and also [comparisons](#comparisons). hledger's FAQ discusses differences from Ledger, Beancount docs probably do too. Glad you asked! See below, and also [comparisons](#comparisons). hledger's FAQ discusses differences from Ledger, Beancount docs probably do too.