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<h3 id="accounting">accounting</h3><p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting">accounting</a></strong> is tracking the flow of valuable commodities, such as money or time. It clarifies activity, priorities, obligations, opportunities. It can <strong><a href="http://podcastle.org/2009/10/09/pc-miniature-38-accounting-for-dragons">reduce stress</a></strong> and even be enjoyable.</p><p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-entry_bookkeeping_system">double-entry bookkeeping</a></strong> is a process for doing this reliably. For every movement of value (a <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_transaction">transaction</a></strong>), both the source and destination are recorded. Simple arithmetic invariants help prevent errors.</p><p>In traditional double-entry bookkeeping, value at any point in time is tracked in various <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Account_(accountancy)">accounts</a></strong>, classified as <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset">asset</a></strong> (owned), <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liability_(financial_accounting)">liability</a></strong> (owed) or <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_(finance)">equity</a></strong> (invested). Two more classifications track changes during some period: <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue">revenues</a></strong> (inflows) and <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expense">expenses</a></strong> (outflows).</p><p>Transactions consist of <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debits_and_credits">debits</a></strong> (increases to asset or expense accounts, or decreases to liability or equity accounts) or <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debits_and_credits">credits</a></strong> (decreases to asset or expense accounts, or increases to liability or equity accounts).</p>
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<h3 id="with-text">...with text</h3><!-- Ledger, hledger, beancount, and other **[Ledger-likes](#ledger-likes)** --><!-- are minimalist software tools for efficient double-entry-style accounting. --><!-- <\!-- **[double-entry-style](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10512418)** accounting. -\-> --><!-- 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, 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-format">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> - 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>Ledger-likes are, at least in part, <strong><a href="http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Basic-Usage">command-line</a> <a href="http://hledger.org/manual.html#hledger">tools</a></strong>. This makes them efficient to use and very <strong><a href="#related-tools">scriptable</a></strong> and flexible.</p><p>Ledger-likes also, at their core, tend towards <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(mathematics)">functional operation</a></strong>: they read the input data without changing it, and output a report. This simple model makes them easy to understand and rely on.</p>
<h3 id="with-text">...with text</h3><!-- Ledger, hledger, beancount, and other **[Ledger-likes](#ledger-likes)** --><!-- are minimalist software tools for efficient double-entry-style accounting. --><!-- <\!-- **[double-entry-style](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10512418)** accounting. -\-> --><!-- 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, 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-format">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> - 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>Ledger-likes are, at least in part, <strong><a href="#software">command-line tools</a></strong>. This makes them efficient to use and very scriptable and flexible.</p><p>Ledger-likes also, at their core, tend towards <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(mathematics)">functional operation</a></strong>: they read the input data without changing it, and output a report. This simple model makes them easy to understand and rely on.</p>
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<h3 id="read-more">read more</h3><p><a href="#frequently-asked-questions">FAQ</a><br />

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This scales smoothly from simple to complex scenarios, and from high-level overview to fine detail.
Ledger-likes are, at least in part,
**[command-line](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Basic-Usage) [tools](http://hledger.org/manual.html#hledger)**.
**[command-line tools](#software)**.
This makes them efficient to use and very
**[scriptable](#related-tools)** and flexible.
scriptable and flexible.
Ledger-likes also, at their core, tend towards
**[functional operation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(mathematics))**: