Accounting tools

Accounting tools

What is hledger giving us that ledger doesn’t have?

ledger

In Linux Mint, use the Software Manager.

In Arch Linux,

pacman -S ledger

In RPM

sudo dnf install ledger

hledger

In Linux Mint, use the Software Manager.

In Arch Linux,

paru -S hledger-bin

In RPM

sudo dnf install hledger

pacman -S hledger

hledger-ui

paru -S hledger-ui-bin

Usage - Navigate to the ledger directory

hledger-ui -f parentLedger.journal

How to use them?

1. The monthly balance csv files are very helpful.
2. Freeze the first column
   1. How to sort the columns from the most recent backwards? Instead of using the ascending order for time?
3. Look at the figure in the major heading to understand how much was the input/output from that category.