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• GnuCash is right. It's also why I built my own finance app

  +1 to that. I used https://ledger-cli.org/ and the accompanying Emacs mode for a long long time. I used small slips of paper to record cash spends during the day and by bank statements for online ones. Then kept track. I kept a "reconciliation" account to catch misses and it was quite low after several years. I somehow fell out of the habit but I really need to get back to it. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Show HN: Plain HTML tool for simple personal accounting

  I have been using ledger-cli (https://ledger-cli.org/) for a while and it is a great tool, but I found it hard to enter transactions while I am afk, for example using my phone while traveling. I made this (really basic) accounting tool available at https://sras.me/accounts/ to solve that problem. To use it, just use "view source", download the plain html and open it from your browser. Or use it directly at... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Command-line tool to track your books

  You mean like Ledger? [1] [1] https://ledger-cli.org/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Show HN: Bagels – TUI Expense Tracker

  You have built a beautiful TUI, hats off. Having that said, however, if feels like a missed opportunity for this project to use an SQLAlchemy-based database backend over the more simplistic and widely supported ledger [1] format. While I understand that the your tool might not want to leverage the full complexity of a double-entry accounting system, as a friend of plain text accounting [2] I would have preferred... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Goodbye to an Old Spreadsheet

  Always neat to see what others use to manager their personal finances. I've been a fan of Ledger for a long time: https://ledger-cli.org/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Show HN: Wealthfolio: A Private, Open-Source Investment Tracker

  Https://ledger-cli.org/ When comparing the two programs here, I can't immediately see any big differences. Sorry if this reads like a shallow plug. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• 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 / about 2 years 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 / over 2 years 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 / over 2 years 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 / over 2 years 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 / almost 3 years 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 / almost 3 years ago

• Ask HN: How do you manage your personal finances?

  You could use something like Ledger (https://ledger-cli.org/). - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Are there any Perfios users here? The Perfios Finance Manager (PFM) is shutting down on 1-August-2023

  I had tried few apps in the past (Walnut, Mint etc), but I was Reluctant to share my bank credentials, sms access etc. At some point, I came across plain text accounting concept and never looked Back. There is a big learning curve in the beginning, but in the long Run, I think it is essential to understand the basics of Accounting. Since it's just a command line tool, it's hard to Visualize the data. So I built a... Source: about 3 years ago

• A SIMPLE monthly budgeting app. No connections. No accounts.

  It's not a mobile app but I always recommend https://ledger-cli.org/. Source: about 3 years ago

• How do you track your expenses and savings?

  I use this https://ledger-cli.org, but then built a basic web app that works on top of it just to make it easier to analyse certain things for my own use. Source: over 3 years ago

• How do I calculate my yearly expenses?

  I use ledger-cli and paisa to track savings account, investments, net worth, etc. At the end of the month, I run a script to convert credit card statement to ledger entries, usually, there will be a minor diff between the actual balance in my bank and the ledger balance due to petty cash expenses. I just put a misc expense entry to tally it. Source: over 3 years ago

• Interested in porting Ledger-cli?

  Hi! Thought there may be more interested parties in this group. There is a seed of an idea in r/plaintextaccounting, of porting Ledger-cli from C++ to Rust. Source: over 3 years ago

• Are there any TUI apps you recommend outside of ncdu / nnn / htop / vim / bat / fd / tig / duf?

  For the CLI rather than TUI, I'll give a shoutout to ledger (which is what I use, but hledger and beancount are also good choices) for my /r/plaintextaccounting needs, and I use remind for my calendaring. I've seen some TUIs built atop them (I've tinkered with wyrd for remind and have seen some ledgerlike TUIs, but not tried them), but find that I prefer just a CLI and text-editor. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Lesser known tools

  I'll give a couple: remind, ledger (and its cousins hledger and beancount ), and ed(1). Source: almost 4 years ago

• Budgeting apps for NZ banks?

  I’ve settled on https://ledger-cli.org. It’s not a mobile app though, and it’s very manual. But my favorite thing about it is that it is plain text format, so there’s no lock in. Source: over 4 years ago