#hledger 1.42.2 released, with an important fix for hledger's edit form. Details:
https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/tag/1.42.2
#HLedger
@andre123 se interessa la gestione della contabilità in maniera alternativa prova a dare un occhiata a #plaintextaccounting https://plaintextaccounting.org/ . Io uso sia #ledger che #hledger e versiono su git. 👌🏻
Had to switch back to base C++ #nix from #lix to package :hledger: #hledger's prebuilt release version, because lix still has an annoying builitins.fetchTarball bug¹ that prevents using tarballs that just contain a bunch of files without an extra single directory at the top level. (As you know, tarballs only EVER contain a top-level directory and never just a bunch of files, right?). In #cppnix it's already fixed.
¹https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/582
²https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/11195
³https://gitlab.com/nobodyinperson/nixconfig/-/commit/7198ae401c6b6dd875c7409bd009e6e59b9d8e0a#90cc0c517a4752361c635864aed25f106afccd7d_5_4
I've been experimenting with doing plain text accounting using #ledger-mode in #Emacs and the #hledger reporting tool to get a better handle on my finances, particularly in relation to share investments. On my blog I have posted a simple walk-through demonstrating what I have learned with regards to using these #foss tools to help track trades in a share portfolio.
the #hledger timedot format works way better with my mental mode of #timetracking than the #orgmode clocking commands do. It's easier to process visually for me, it's easier to retroactively add missing entries/logs for a day, and I don't have to keep bock on "clocking-in/clocking-out" anymore. Currently hacking on an agenda integration (which should be easy as it's *almost* similar to diary format) and a QoL major mode for working with .timedot files.
As much as I love plain text accounting, there are subtle things about it that make me want to write a program. That's a lot of how I do my book keeping for my publishing company and apparently how I'm handling Partner's babysitting.
The only difference is that this uses Deno instead of Node and I'm trying out hledger verses beancount. Mostly because I wanted to try out puffin which I don't exactly like. But, hledger is more popular than beancount so I might as well let them war in my head for a while before I decide on one or the other.
@dmoonfire another #hledger TUI:
https://github.com/Yaser-Amiri/dravik
@astrophoenix @ellane
I use a depth limit in my default queries.
So if under assets:bank:wf:checking I have assets:bank:wf:checking:tax:2024:us and assets:bank:wf:checking:tax:2025:us, I normally limit balance reports to depth 4 to hide those, eg by adding
[balance] -4
to ~/.hledger.conf. I also hide lot subaccounts this way. My chart of accounts is arranged so that this simple depth limit works for all, but if not I could set per-account depth limits.
hledger 1.42 is out, with new run and repl commands.
Thank you to contributors Dmitry Astapov, gesh, Thomas
Miedema, Joschua Kesper, and Lars Kellogg-Stedman !
- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.42
- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2025-03-07-hledger-142
- https://hledger.org/install
#hledger is free, robust, friendly, multicurrency, double-entry,
#plaintextaccounting software for unix, mac, windows, and the web,
written in #haskell for reliability.
https://github.com/lil5/ledgerbeetle
Today I released something written in #rust
LedgerBeetle: Combining the super powers of #TigerBeetle with the simplicity of #hledger
The hledger project's first year-end report.
https://joyful.com/Lot+tracking+in+PTA
Tracking investment lots is often necessary to calculate capital gains accurately and to comply with tax law. It's a tricky, increasingly widespread bookkeeping need. This page aims to be a useful guide to the topic, for PTA users and PTA developers.
#plaintextaccounting
#hledger
#ledgercli
#beancount
#bookkeeping
New notes on my #hledger workflow:
https://joyful.com/hledger+workflow+2025
Anybody know how to compute per-commodity totals in ledger/hledger? I'm trying to figure out total revenue per product. I posted some more details here in the Plain Text Accounting forum.
https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/totals-by-commodity/466
#hledger #plaintextaccounting #askfedi
@stardot Congratulations on PTA year one !
Thanks, that was a good read and some valuable #hledger feedback. Unfortunate that you had so many encoding / Windows issues. We have some related tips on the Install page etc. but I think we need more help from Windows users to make those effective.
> hledger does not pool balances in high level categories like I initially expected it to.
That sounds like a thing it normally does, could you say more about this ?
y'a @dav qui parle de comptabilité en texte brut dans son dernier billet https://larlet.fr/david/2025/01/01/ ... ça fait un moment que ça me fait de l'œil (pour éviter d'utiliser un logiciel privateur notamment) ...
Y'a des adeptes par ici ?
A good read for #hledger devs/contributors/sponsors:
(Or if you prefer the PTA forum: https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/451)
Really getting into plain text accounting with hledger. If you are like me and hate anything to do with accounting, but coding scratches an itch, this could be for you. I now have the same control over my financial transactions and reports as I have over my source code. #plaintextaccounting #Finance #hledger
Subjective best of #hledger 1.41: now the `--depth` limit can be applied per-account. e.g., `--depth assets=3 --depth expenses=2 `
https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/pull/2292
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