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Ledger-cli.org mentions (20)

• Enlightenmentware

  I worked with John Wiegley for a couple of years and discovered one of his projects, Ledger (https://ledger-cli.org/), during our conversations. This tool taught me double-entry accounting and helped me understand finance and blockchains on a deeper level. Unfortunately, I’m too lazy to use the tool on a daily basis, so it’s the second most insightful piece of software I’ve never used :D. - Source: Hacker News / 8 days ago

• 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 / about 2 months 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 / about 2 months 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 / 7 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 / 7 months ago

Skrooge mentions (5)

• The Steam Deck Sold me on Linux

  Never heard of Microsoft Money but it seems like it some sort of accounting software. I found skrooge. It might be an alternative on linux. It has an installer for windows on their website. I've installed it and it seems that it can import "microsoft money document". Maybe try it out on windows first and see if it works out? Source: over 1 year ago

• Envelope/zero-based budgets in KMyMoney?

  There's also Skrooge which very similar if KMoney doesn't work. Source: over 1 year ago

• Show HN: Connect your bank account to Google Sheets

  Maybe https://skrooge.org/ perhaps? There's also a big list of alternatives to GnuCash at https://alternativeto.net/software/gnucash/ which you can filter down by various tags (open source or not, operating system, etc). - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• The state of FOSS personal finance tools, and a possible solution

  KMyMoney is designed for personal finance. It is double-entry and cross-platform. Skrooge is also personal finance, and it's single entry so may be easier to pick up on. Source: about 3 years ago

• The state of FOSS personal finance tools, and a possible solution

  At one point I was using Skrooge fairly regularly but ran into the same issue I ran into things like GNU cash-- it's really overkill for my needs. Source: about 3 years ago