ledger

plain text accounting tool

TLDR

Show balance

$ ledger -f [journal.ledger] balance

Show register

$ ledger -f [journal.ledger] register

Balance for account

$ ledger -f [journal.ledger] balance [Expenses]

Monthly summary

$ ledger -f [journal.ledger] register --monthly

Print transactions

$ ledger -f [journal.ledger] print

Budget report

$ ledger -f [journal.ledger] budget

SYNOPSIS

ledger [options] command [args]

DESCRIPTION

ledger is a plain text accounting tool. It processes double-entry accounting journals.The tool generates reports from simple text files. It supports multiple currencies and commodities.

PARAMETERS

-f FILE

Journal file.

balance

Show account balances.

register

Show transaction register.

print

Print transactions.

--monthly

Group by month.

--period PERIOD

Time period filter.

--help

Display help information.

INSTALL

sudo apt install ledger

sudo dnf install ledger

sudo pacman -S ledger

sudo apk add ledger

sudo zypper install ledger

brew install ledger

nix profile install nixpkgs#ledger

CAVEATS

Text file format specific. Learning curve. Powerful query language.

HISTORY

Ledger was created by John Wiegley as a powerful plain text accounting system for command-line users.