ledger-mode VS hledger

I use straight.el with use-package and it all pulls ledger-mode from https://github.com/ledger/ledger-mode.git

This isn't technically Emacs specific, but you could look into Plain Text Accounting. I use ledger combined with ledger-mode on Emacs, however there is a more up-to-date one called hledger, with hledger-mode. You can have these setup in an org file and export into a plain text file if you would like, but personally I recommend just using one of those modes and editing a ledger file directly.

Does neovim have a plugin available similar to ledger-mode in emacs? I did find this one for vim but not nvim yet. Thanks

Sure thing! I use ledger with ledger-mode to handle all of my accounting stuff.

For financing I use a simple double entry accounting system called Ledger. It's mainly simple list taking but from what I understand it can be scaled well. I personally prefer using it with ledger-mode , since I use Cone to edit it on my phone, but it is possible to use Org Babel to tangle them to a ledger file.

Ledger is cool but you need to use emacs https://github.com/ledger/ledger-mode

No. For ledger, there is already ledger-mode. This one is much simpler, just uses org files and org-table formulas.

Worth also knowing about https://github.com/ledger/ledger-mode which is just an emacs wrapper for the very feature-rich and powerful cli application.

I'm surprised that there is no mentions of a great hacker-friendly plain-text accounting software called `ledger` https://ledger-cli.org/ in this thread. It has amazing documentation when it comes to understanding basic principles of double-entry bookkeeping and goes through many typical situations and usecases. There are also several forks, most popular and advanced is `hledger` https://hledger.org/ (h is for Haskell), which provides some neat features out of the box, such as a simple web interface. All of them are very primitive compared to "professional" accounting software, but in return it offers great opportunities for hacking around while ensuring validity of your books.

I've been using hledger[1] - similar tool but has more features like balance sheet, income statement generation with a plain text file for the last 3 years and it's been working out great. Before that I used iBank (rebranded as Banktivity) and don't miss it at all.

[1] - https://hledger.org

I can offer this (warning, crufty real-world scripts ahead!): these [make](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/blob/137d825/Makefil...) [files](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/blob/137d825/Makefil...) and this [bash script](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/blob/a3c300b/bake) have been replaced by this roughly equivalent [Justfile](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/blob/137d825/Justfil...) (some old things were commented out, some new things were added).

I'm only a few weeks in, and just has its own learning curve, but I'm very pleased overall. Cognitive load is down, usability is up, robustness is up.

https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/2047 . Thanks!

For help getting started or more info, see https://hledger.org and join our Matrix/IRC chat or mail list: https://hledger.org/support . Newcomers, experts, contributors, sponsors, feedback are welcome! For more about plain text accounting, see https://plaintextaccounting.org .