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<!-- are minimalist software tools for efficient double-entry-style accounting. --> <!-- are minimalist software tools for efficient double-entry-style accounting. -->
<!-- <\!-- **[double-entry-style](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10512418)** accounting. -\-> --> <!-- <\!-- **[double-entry-style](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10512418)** accounting. -\-> -->
<!-- This site introduces them and their way of doing things. --> <!-- This site introduces them and their way of doing things. -->
<p>In 2003, John Wiegley invented Ledger: a plain text data format and command-line reporting tool for efficient double-entry-style accounting. This idea went viral among software developers and technical folk, and we now have 5+ actively-developed <strong><a href="#ledger-likes">Ledger-likes</a></strong> such as hledger and Beancount, with 40+ add-on tools and an active community. This site was created in 2016 to introduce our tools, documentation, workflows and principles.</p> <p>In 2003, John Wiegley invented Ledger: a plain text data format and command-line reporting tool for efficient double-entry-style accounting. This idea went viral among software developers and technical folk, and we now have 5+ actively-developed <strong><a href="#ledger-likes">Ledger-likes</a></strong> such as hledger and Beancount, with 40+ add-on tools and an active community. This site was created in 2016 to introduce our tools, documentation, and practices.</p>
<p>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 <strong><a href="http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#The-Most-Basic-Entry">plain</a> <a href="http://hledger.org/manual.html#journal">text</a></strong>.</p> <p>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 <strong><a href="http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#The-Most-Basic-Entry">plain</a> <a href="http://hledger.org/manual.html#journal">text</a></strong>.</p>
<p>We simplify debits and credits by using <strong><a href="http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Stating-where-money-goes">signed numbers</a></strong> instead - positive for inflows to an account, negative for outflows from an account.</p> <p>We simplify debits and credits by using <strong><a href="http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Stating-where-money-goes">signed numbers</a></strong> instead - positive for inflows to an account, negative for outflows from an account.</p>
<p>We define arbitrary <strong><a href="http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Structuring-your-Accounts">account</a> <a href="http://hledger.org/manual.html#account-names">hierarchy</a></strong> to suit our needs. This scales smoothly from simple to complex scenarios, and from high-level overview to fine detail.</p> <p>We define arbitrary <strong><a href="http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Structuring-your-Accounts">account</a> <a href="http://hledger.org/manual.html#account-names">hierarchy</a></strong> to suit our needs. This scales smoothly from simple to complex scenarios, and from high-level overview to fine detail.</p>

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5+ actively-developed **[Ledger-likes](#ledger-likes)** such as hledger and Beancount, 5+ actively-developed **[Ledger-likes](#ledger-likes)** such as hledger and Beancount,
with 40+ add-on tools and an active community. with 40+ add-on tools and an active community.
This site was created in 2016 to introduce our This site was created in 2016 to introduce our
tools, documentation, workflows and principles. tools, documentation, and practices.
Accounting data is valuable; Accounting data is valuable;
we want to know that it will be accessible for ever - even without software. we want to know that it will be accessible for ever - even without software.