ledger

Access and manage accounting data entirely through UNIX command-line commands without a graphical user interface.

Ensures all financial entries balance, preventing errors and maintaining accurate accounting records.

Stores all transaction data in user-maintained text files, allowing full control and transparency over financial data.

Handles multiple currencies within accounts, including conversions and transactions involving different currencies.

Supports UTF8 encoding, ISO date formats, and both US and European decimal formats for global usability.

Provides a simple set of base commands that can be extended to generate various financial reports such as balances, registers, and capital gains.

Never modifies user data automatically, ensuring that all entries remain as originally recorded by the user.

Automatically infers account and currency information from the data, requiring minimal explicit input from users.