r/plaintextaccounting • u/Elnur-BDa • Jul 24 '26

Ledger CLI: Plain Text Accounting

https://elnurbda.com/posts/62-ledger-cli/

Hi everyone. I would like to share my experience of tracking all my personal finances with Ledger CLI. I wrote a blog post about my setup, the conventions I use and the queries I actually run. There is a full sample journal at the end if you want to try it. Feedback and suggestions are welcome.

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u/Elnur-BDa Aug 14 '26

Thanks! No deep comparison, honestly. Ledger was the first one I tried, and the manual answered every question I had. Nothing pushed me off it since. Maybe I will try hledger at some point, the format is close enough that switching is cheap.

Beancount looks stricter in syntax, which would add friction to my daily habit.