beancount/beancount

Health v2 · maintenance only

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5942 stars · 464 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Beancount is a double-entry bookkeeping tool that lets you define financial transaction records in plain text files. It parses the ledger, validates it, generates a variety of reports, and provides a web interface for browsing your accounts.

Use cases

• track personal finances in plain text files
• do double-entry bookkeeping from the command line
• generate financial reports from a text ledger
• validate that my accounts balance
• manage a budget with version-controlled text files
• import and reconcile bank transactions into a ledger

When to choose

• you prefer plain-text, version-controllable financial records
• you want rigorous double-entry accounting with balance validation
• you want a scriptable, command-line accounting tool with a Python ecosystem

When to avoid

• you want a GUI-first accounting application with built-in bank syncing
• you need accrual accounting features like invoicing or payroll out of the box
• you rely on the older v2 toolset, which is frozen and split into separate projects

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

parser cli data-visualization fintech developer-tools python cli cross-platform windows accounting bookkeeping plain-text-accounting double-entry personal-finance ledger fava reporting command-line linux macos

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