# beancount/beancount

Beancount: Double-Entry Accounting from Text Files.

Repository: https://github.com/beancount/beancount
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/beancount
Homepage: http://beancount.github.io/
Language: Python
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: beancount
Last push: 2026-08-23T20:17:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2294, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5942, forks 464 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:32.581640+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: parser, cli, data-visualization
- domain: fintech, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: accounting, bookkeeping, plain-text-accounting, double-entry, personal-finance, ledger, fava, reporting, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- beancount/beancount (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.581640+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:50:45.582518+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/beancount/beancount (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.581640+00:00, sha fc081ff75698)
  - homepage: http://beancount.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:19.775099+00:00, sha 63434f3ee53b)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/beancount/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:19.777343+00:00, sha 46c5a55f7e75)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.