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<h5 id="who-is-using-this-and-how">Who is using this, and how?</h5>
<p><a href="https://github.com/ledger/ledger/wiki/Who&#39;s-using-ledger%3F">Who's using Ledger?</a> has some stories.</p>
<h5 id="is-it-a-good-fit-for-me">Is it a good fit for me?</h5>
<p>Most current PTA users tend to be comfortable using the command line, editing plain text, and perhaps using version control. If you would like to use a GUI providing lots of guidance, PTA tools won't meet that need.</p>
<p>If you would like to use a GUI that provides lots of guidance, PTA tools currently don't meet that need. Most current PTA users tend to be comfortable using the command line, editing plain text, and perhaps using version control.</p>
<h5 id="what-are-the-alternatives">What are the alternatives?</h5>
<p>Traditional GUI-centric accounting software:<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software">Free/open-source</a>: GNUCash, Grisbi, KMyMoney..<br />
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<p>Also in emacs: in ledger-mode, C-c C-f can give you a filtered view of just one account’s transactions. (But be careful, if you edit in the wrong place it will lose data.)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/comments/d69slp/how_do_you_manage_multiple_accounts_in/" class="uri">https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/comments/d69slp/how_do_you_manage_multiple_accounts_in/</a></p>
<h5 id="how-big-is-your-ledgerjournal-file">How big is your ledger/journal file ?</h5>
<p>For individual accounting, somewhere around 1000 transactions and 300K per year seems likely to be typical.</p>
<p>For individual accounting, somewhere between 500-1500 transactions and 100-400K of journal per year seems typical.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/comments/dbjizl/how_big_is_your_ledgerjournal_file/" class="uri">https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/comments/dbjizl/how_big_is_your_ledgerjournal_file/</a></p>
<h5 id="how-do-i-do-budgeting">How do I do budgeting?</h5>
<p>See <a href="#budgeting">budgeting</a> below. I emulate YNAB-ish envelope budgetting (see third link).</p>