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% Cookbook
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This is the Plain Text Accounting Cookbook page
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(formerly the wiki home page, now a sort of site map for plaintextaccounting.org.
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This is the Plain Text Accounting Cookbook,
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a sort of site map for plaintextaccounting.org.
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If you don't see what you need, ask for it in the
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[[index#news-discussion|chat]] and we'll add it, or you can
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[add it yourself](https://github.com/plaintextaccounting/plaintextaccounting/blob/master/src/Cookbook.md).
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### See also
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- [[index|plaintextaccounting.org home page]]
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- [Beancount cookbook](https://beancount.github.io/docs/command_line_accounting_cookbook.html)
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- [hledger cookbook](https://hledger.org/cookbook.html)
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- [Ledger wiki](https://github.com/ledger/ledger/wiki)
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- [Reddit: plaintextaccounting](https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/new)
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### Getting started
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- [[index|Home]] - links to news, videos, articles, docs and software.
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- [[Choosing accounts]]
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- [[Entering data]]
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- [[Don't Sink Your First Attempts at Plaintext Accounting]] h/ledger beginner syntax tips
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- [Syntax Quick Reference for the Ledger-Likes](https://plaintextaccounting.org/quickref/)
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- [[quickref/index|Syntax quick reference]]
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### General usage
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- [[Time tracking]]
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- [[Trip expenses]]
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### Miscellaneous
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### About this site
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- [plaintextaccounting.org README](https://github.com/plaintextaccounting/plaintextaccounting#readme)
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<!-- - [[About this wiki]] -->
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- [[README|plaintextaccounting.org README]] (or [on github](https://github.com/plaintextaccounting/plaintextaccounting#readme))
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### See also
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- [Beancount cookbook](https://beancount.github.io/docs/command_line_accounting_cookbook.html)
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- [hledger cookbook](https://hledger.org/cookbook.html)
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- [Ledger wiki](https://github.com/ledger/ledger/wiki)
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% Getting started FAQ
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### Ledger, hledger, beancount, etc. - which should I choose ?
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### Ledger, hledger, Beancount, etc. - which should I choose ?
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Here are some [PTA app comparisons](https://plaintextaccounting.org#pta-app-comparisons).
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Also:
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Here are some [PTA app comparisons](https://plaintextaccounting.org#pta-app-comparisons). See also:
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- [SM opinions on hledger for new users](https://fosstodon.org/@ellane@pkm.social/110120845522951139)
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(2023)
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- [hledger and Ledger](https://hledger.org/ledger.html) &
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[hledger and other software](https://hledger.org/cookbook.html#other-software)
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(2023)
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- [A Comparison of Beancount and Ledger](https://beancount.github.io/docs/a_comparison_of_beancount_and_ledger_hledger.html)
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(2014)
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We all have opinions - ask for them in chat or search the reddit / mail lists / web.
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SM (2022): We all have opinions - ask for them in chat or search the reddit / mail lists / web.
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Circa 2022 I hope it's fair to say, without my bias showing:
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- Ledger, hledger and Beancount are the big three apps, with many users.
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the most actively maintained, and the most user-friendly.
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- Beancount has the most features for investing and trading,
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and the most support (and need) for customisation, via Python.
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- Ledger and hledger parse files flexibly and forgivingly by default, with strictness as an option.
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Beancount's file format is more restricted and always strictly enforced.
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- Ledger and hledger parse files flexibly and forgivingly by default, with optional strictness.
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Beancount's file format is more restricted and always strict.
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- It's generally relatively easy to migrate data from one to another,
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eg using [data conversion tools](https://plaintextaccounting.org#data-importconversion)
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like ledger2beancount and beancount2ledger.
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--Simon M.
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SM on new user experience (2023): https://fosstodon.org/@simonmic/110120922501551538
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### How to organise files ? Should I split the journal into many files ?
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- [Utilities](#utilities)
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- [API](#api)
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See also:\
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See also:
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\
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**[[Newcomer FAQ]]**
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- [[Newcomer FAQ#what-is-this|What is this]]
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- [[Newcomer FAQ#objections-and-concerns|Objections and concerns]]
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- [PTA apps' mail lists](#pta-apps)
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\
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**Reddit**
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- [/r/plaintextaccounting](https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/)
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- [/r/plaintextaccounting](https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/new)
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\
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**Hacker News**
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- [stories](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=plain%20text%20accounting&sort=byDate&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story)
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### PTA app comparisons
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- [hledger: Cookbook > Other software](https://hledger.org/cookbook.html#other-software) 2014, 2019, 2022
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- [hledger and Ledger](https://hledger.org/ledger.html),
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[hledger and Beancount](https://hledger.org/beancount.html),
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[hledger and other software](https://hledger.org/cookbook.html#other-software) 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023..
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- [Matthias Kauer: Command Line Accounting – A look at the various ledger ports](http://www.matthiaskauer.com/2015/08/command-line-accounting-a-look-at-the-various-ledger-ports/) 2015
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- [beancount list: Another Ledger user's perspective](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/beancount/QV4qgpFbtJ8/9fSgMw-XGC8J) 2015
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- [Beancount: A Comparison of Beancount and Ledger](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dW2vIjaXVJAf9hr7GlZVe3fJOkM-MtlVjvCO1ZpNLmg) 2014
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- [Beancount Syntax Cheat Sheet](https://beancount.github.io/docs/beancount_cheat_sheet.html)
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- [Beginners corner: a basic hledger transaction](https://hledgerfan.com/beginners-corner-a-basic-hledger-transaction/)
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- [(Almost) everything you wanted to know about hledger transactions](https://hledgerfan.com/almost-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-hledger-transactions/)
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- [hledger > Journal cheatsheet](https://hledger.org/hledger.html#journal-cheatsheet)
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- [hledger > CSV rules cheatsheet](https://hledger.org/hledger.html#csv-rules-cheatsheet)
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- [hledger: Journal cheatsheet](https://hledger.org/hledger.html#journal-cheatsheet)
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- [hledger: CSV rules cheatsheet](https://hledger.org/hledger.html#csv-rules-cheatsheet)
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### Presentations
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### PTA apps
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To do Plain Text Accounting, choose one of the apps below.
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Generally it's possible to migrate data from one to another.
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To do Plain Text Accounting, try one (or more) of the apps below.
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Generally it's possible to migrate data between them.
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