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# Ledger

**repo:** [sfischer13/awesome-ledger](https://github.com/sfischer13/awesome-ledger)  
**category:** [[miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]]

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# Awesome Ledger [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)

> Useful resources for the [Ledger](http://ledger-cli.org/) command-line accounting system

You might also like [awesome-beancount](https://github.com/wzyboy/awesome-beancount).

*Please read the [contribution guidelines](contributing.md) before contributing.*

## Contents

- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Background](#background)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Editors](#editors)
- [Tools](#tools)
- [Social](#social)
- [Media](#media)
- [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous)

## Introduction

- [Ledger](http://ledger-cli.org/) - Official website.
- [Wiki](https://github.com/ledger/ledger/wiki) - Official wiki.
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledger_(software)) - Wikipedia entry about Ledger.

## Background

- [Plain Text Accounting](http://plaintextaccounting.org/) - General idea behind Ledger.
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-entry_bookkeeping_system) - Wikipedia entry about double-entry bookkeeping.

## Documentation

- [Cheat Sheet](http://ricostacruz.com/cheatsheets/ledger.html) - Summary of the most common commands.
- [Book](https://github.com/rolfschr/GSWL-book) - Introductory book on Ledger.
- [Manual](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html) - Official manual.
- [man page](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger.1.html) - Description of command-line options.

## Editors
- [vim](https://github.com/ledger/vim-ledger) - Vim plugin.
- [Emacs](http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger-mode.html) - Ledger mode.
- [Atom](https://atom.io/packages/language-ledger) - [Atom](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/editors/atom) package.
- [VS Code](https://github.com/mariosangiorgio/vscode-ledger) - Ledger language support for [Visual Studio Code](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/editors/visual-studio-code).

## Tools

- [ledgerhelpers](https://github.com/Rudd-O/ledgerhelpers) - Collection of helper programs.
- [node-ledger-web](https://github.com/slashdotdash/node-ledger-web) - Web front-end to Ledger data.
- [ledger-autosync](https://github.com/egh/ledger-autosync) - Program to sync Ledger files with bank.

## Social

- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/LedgerTips) - Usage [tips](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/tips).
- [Google Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ledger-cli) - Ledger Google Group.
- [Stack Exchange](https://money.stackexchange.com/search?q=ledger-cli) - Tag on “Personal Finance & Money Stack”.

## Media

- [FLOSS Weekly 150](https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/150) - Interview with the developer.
- [FLOSS Weekly 375](https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/375) - Interview about an alternative implementation.
- [Ledger + Emacs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjoCNRpLanY) - Introduction to using Ledger with [Emacs](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/editors/emacs).

## Miscellaneous

- [Code](https://github.com/ledger/ledger) - Code on [GitHub](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/development-environment/github).
- [Ports](https://github.com/ledger/ledger/wiki/Ports) - List of alternative implementations.