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Ledger-cli.org mentions (19)

• Double-Entry Bookkeeping as a Directed Graph

  I use ledger: https://ledger-cli.org/ I believe this same plain text format is used by other tools, which you can find info about here: https://plaintextaccounting.org/ (In particular a lot of people seem to use hledger and beancount) The ledger is written using a text editor. The purpose of the software is to add everything up, calculate the balances and make sure everything balances. I keep all of my 12 years of... - Source: Hacker News / 15 days ago

• Double-Entry Bookkeeping as a Directed Graph

  I'm surprised that there is no mentions of a great hacker-friendly plain-text accounting software called `ledger` https://ledger-cli.org/ in this thread. It has amazing documentation when it comes to understanding basic principles of double-entry bookkeeping and goes through many typical situations and usecases. There are also several forks, most popular and advanced is `hledger` https://hledger.org/ (h is for... - Source: Hacker News / 15 days ago

• GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide

  If it helps anyone, I wrote a blog post[0] (based on this comment[1]) explaining how double-entry accounting works. I have recently been thinking about building my own program that implements double-entry accounting in a more approachable form for individuals. I’m not sure if pure accounting concepts are ideal for the average person for keeping track of their budget like how they are essential for businesses. My... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Accounting for Computer Scientists – Martin Kleppmann's Blog

  I learnt all of this by using ledger[0] and, of course, reading its manual. I've been maintaining my own accounts for more than a decade now. It's fun being able to plot my overall wealth and expenses over time. [0] https://ledger-cli.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Accounting for Computer Scientists – Martin Kleppmann's Blog

  Shameless plug: some time ago I wrote a booklet [0] about principles of accounting with examples in Ledger [1], aimed at personal/home finance (as opposed to corporate finance). [0] https://leanpub.com/personal-accounting-in-ledger [1] https://ledger-cli.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

Quicken mentions (12)

• Does quicken still offer a DESKTOP version?

  Are you able to log into your account on quicken.com. Source: 11 months ago

• Quicken Win still gives error CC-503 after 4 hours online with Tier 3 Support

  1) log off quicken.com .... edit, preferences, quickenid & cloud accounts. Sign on as different user. Then sign back on with the same account. Source: about 1 year ago

• So now we need to sign in to quicken.com everyday?

  I'm on Quicken for Windows Release 48.9 and Build 27.1.48.9. Haven't been asked to sign in to quicken.com for quite awhile. I've had no issues or crashes with the release. You may want to do a file validate or super validate. Source: about 1 year ago

• Quicken 2017 Woes - KMA White Screen to Contact Quicken for Assistance

  There are a couple threads on here and on quicken.com that discuss similar problems, but I have reviewed them and tried those solutions with no joy. Source: over 1 year ago

• Multiple devices

  I just checked the quicken.com website. I'm not sure because I've never tried it, but you probably get a number of devices to install it on. It gives me links to both Windows and Mac versions, but I only have installed the Windows. Source: over 1 year ago