plaintextaccounting/hledger
Robust, fast, intuitive plain text accounting tool with CLI, TUI and web interfaces. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 15
- age_days: 4895
- days_rel: 9
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 20
Adoption not part of the score
4670 stars · 412 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
hledger is a free, cross-platform plain text accounting tool for tracking money, investments, cryptocurrencies, and time using human-readable journal files with double-entry bookkeeping. It ships as a CLI plus TUI (hledger-ui) and web (hledger-web) interfaces, with CSV import and rich reporting.
Use cases
- track personal finances in plain text files
- do double-entry bookkeeping from the command line
- import bank CSV statements and generate reports
- produce balance sheets and income statements
- track time or other countable resources
- manage finances under version control
When to choose
- you want your financial data in human-readable, version-controllable text files
- you prefer CLI/scriptable tools over GUI accounting apps
- you need reliable double-entry accounting with flexible reporting
- you want a mature, actively maintained tool usable on Linux, Mac, and Windows
When to avoid
- you want a graphical, point-and-click accounting application
- you need payroll, invoicing, or full small-business ERP features
- you prefer automatic bank syncing over manual/CSV import
Facets
application · maturity stable
cli gui analytics data-visualization developer-tools fintech developer-tools self-hosted windows cross-platform cli self-hosted plain-text-accounting double-entry-bookkeeping ledger tui personal-finance haskell csv-import time-tracking command-line linux macos web-server
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/plaintextaccounting/hledger · fetched 2026-08-28 · bbadc04e6130
- homepage: https://hledger.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · de7a989e523b
- site_page: https://hledger.org/install.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · a8be19253924
- site_page: https://hledger.org/faq.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 03218b9bed43
- site_page: https://hledger.org/doc.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · ad270233676e
- site_page: https://hledger.org/dev.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0505c6ff43ed
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| plaintextaccounting/hledger | main | 99 |
For agents
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