Plain Text Accounting (PTA) – Welcome! Plain text accounting is a way of doing bookkeeping and accounting with plain text files and scriptable, command-line-friendly software, such as Ledger, hledger, or Beancount. This site collects the PTA community’s tools, docs and practices. It is maintained by Simon Michael (hledger project leader, PTA fan) and contributors like you. See also our discussion forum and chat rooms.
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What is Plain Text Accounting ?
News & discussion
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Docs: Accounting basics , app docs , comparisons , intros , cheatsheets , cookbooks , FAQs
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Software: Apps , Distros/setups , Features , Editor plugins , Data import/conversion , Price fetching , Data generation , Workflows , Formatting , Reporting , Time logging , UI, terminal , UI, GUI , UI, web , UI, mobile , Library , Utilities , API