{"id":696,"slug":"plaintext-accounting","name":"Plain Text Accounting","short_description":"Bookkeeping and accounting done with plain text files and scriptable, command-line-friendly software.","url":"https://github.com/topics/plaintext-accounting","github_count":151,"created_by":null,"logo_url":null,"released":null,"wikipedia_url":null,"related_topics":[],"aliases":["plaintextaccounting","plain-text-accounting"],"github_url":"https://github.com/plaintextaccounting","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlain text accounting\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e is a way of doing bookkeeping and accounting with plain text files\nand scriptable, command-line-friendly software, such as\n\u003ca href=\"https://ledger-cli.org/\"\u003eLedger\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://hledger.org/\"\u003ehledger\u003c/a\u003e, or\n\u003ca href=\"https://beancount.github.io/\"\u003eBeancount\u003c/a\u003e.\nBenefits include version control, scriptability, data portability and privacy.\nSee https://plaintextaccounting.org and https://wiki.plaintextaccounting.org for more details.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you have a PTA-ish project on Github, consider adding the \u003ccode class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\"\u003eplaintext-accounting\u003c/code\u003e (*) topic in your repo settings.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome related topics:\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/topics/ledger-cli\"\u003e\u003ccode class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\"\u003eledger-cli\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/a\u003e,\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/topics/hledger\"\u003e\u003ccode class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\"\u003ehledger\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/a\u003e,\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/topics/beancount\"\u003e\u003ccode class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\"\u003ebeancount\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr /\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(*) The de facto spelling on Github. Try to get repos to switch to the idiomatic \u003ccode class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\"\u003e#plaintextaccounting\u003c/code\u003e if you wish!\u003c/p\u003e\n","created_at":"2024-07-29T13:53:37.580Z","updated_at":"2026-06-10T00:19:30.227Z","topic_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/topics/plaintext-accounting","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/topics/plaintext-accounting","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects?keyword=plaintext-accounting","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists?topic=plaintext-accounting"}