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Tim Chase<a href="https://bsd.network/@rubenerd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rubenerd</a> so many little things that it's so easy/convenient to outsource to someone else but also be beholden to their whims: beyond social media there's email, photo/video/music services, RSS, calendar, finances, source code (see current GitHub drama), games…It's a lot, but it's comforting to know that nobody is mining my personal <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a> ledger(1) files for insights into our household finances; nobody is snooping my (very boring) RSS reading or video-watching or music-listening habits; nobody is accessing the 1100+ friends' birthdays, anniversaries, memorials, etc on my calendar; etc.

Simon MichaelEmacs users, here's how to use Calc’s embedded mode to adjust numbers quickly while editing the journal:<a href="https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/how-to-adjust-numbers-in-the-journal-with-emacs-calc/608" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/how-to-adjust-numbers-in-the-journal-with-emacs-calc/608</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hledger</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emacs</a>

Tim Chase<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@winterschon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@winterschon</a> For other favorites:Calendar: I love remind(1), a CLI calendar that is more powerful than any other calendar I've ever used. It's a little rough sharing events externally or importing external events (I see you CalDAV note), but for our household, it's great, and I wrote up a detailed blog post² on how I use it (it's a little out of date now, but still works). Finances: I track mine in ledger(1), largely compatible with hledger(1). There's also BeanCount with its web UI, Fava, but I'm less familiar with that. I'm wary of handing all our household financial data over to some 3rd party, but I do want insights into our spending, saving, etc, so <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a> is handy for thatTodos: some folks prefer TaskWarrior³ which is the 900lb gorillia in the CLI todo-tracking game, but I prefer simple todo.txt-style⁴ todo lists, and I symlink my todo.txt file to my ~/.plan so I can use finger(1) to get my todo list remotely.They all have the advantage of storing all their data in <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/plaintext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintext</a>, meaning I can track it in git and sync it around between machines.That said, I know CLI apps aren't everybody's cup of tea, but they fit my brain and I like keeping everything local. And they're all light on resources, so even the wimpiest RPi runs them fine.⸻¹ <a href="https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/</a> ² <a href="https://blog.thechases.com/posts/remind/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.thechases.com/posts/remind/</a> ³ <a href="https://taskwarrior.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://taskwarrior.org/</a> ⁴ <a href="https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt-cli" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt-cli</a>

Martin Schlüter 🌻<a href="https://chaos.social/@scy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@scy</a> my personal accounting toolchain contains of ➝ Visual Studio Code for previewing CSV files and editing ledger files ➝ fossil for version management on a local server ➝ hledger for calculation and reporting<a href="https://gruene.social/tags/PlainTextAccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlainTextAccounting</a>

scy @ WHY2025 (7299)For those of you who are into <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PlainTextAccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlainTextAccounting</a>: Which software are you using and why?I'd like to finally start personal accounting again. I stopped when <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/YNAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YNAB</a> became SaaS. YNAB's "envelope budgeting" worked really well for me, and I'd like to get back to a similar workflow. (Or, if you think you know something superior, let me know!)I'm very open to comments and suggestions here, but it has to be open source software.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Beancount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Beancount</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/hledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hledger</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ledgerCLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ledgerCLI</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ledger</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/accounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accounting</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FOSS</a>

Simon MichaelSeeking your input <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hledger</a> users,<a href="https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/pull/2402" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/pull/2402</a> proposes to change how we check for balanced transactions; and if merged, next hledger version will reject some existing hledger files, requiring a (easy) workaround or fix. Any feedback or testing welcome.Also, the setup command that was added in 1.43 needs user testing; let me know if it's reliable and describes your setup accurately. Feel free to share output eg at <a href="https://pub.microbin.eu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pub.microbin.eu</a> .<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a>

Simon MichaelAnd here's 1.43.1, with a fix for `cur:`.<a href="https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/tag/1.43.1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/tag/1.43.1</a> <a href="https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2025-06-04-hledger-1431" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2025-06-04-hledger-1431</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hledger</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/haskell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#haskell</a>

Simon Michaelhledger 1.43 is out! New `setup` command, better boolean queries, `add` assertions, and more.Thank you to contributors Michael Rees, Thomas Miedema, Dmitry Astapov, Pranesh Prakash, Stephen Morgan, Sam Almahri, Ben Sima, and Doug Goldstein.- <a href="https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.43" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.43</a> - <a href="https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2025-06-01-hledger-143" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2025-06-01-hledger-143</a> - <a href="https://hledger.org/install" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hledger.org/install</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hledger</a> is free, robust, friendly, multicurrency, double-entry, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a> software for unix, mac, windows, and the web, written in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/haskell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#haskell</a> for reliability.

Simon Michael<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hledger</a> 1.42.2 released, with an important fix for hledger's edit form. Details: <a href="https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/tag/1.42.2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/tag/1.42.2</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a>

Tim Chase<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mkennedy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mkennedy</a>On the recent <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@talkpython" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@talkpython</a> about Django Ledger with Miguel Sanda, it sounded like the project shares a lot of overlap with BeanCount/Fava from the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a> realm.<a href="https://github.com/beancount/beancount" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/beancount/beancount</a>

Matt MaguireI've been experimenting with doing plain text accounting using <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ledger</a>-mode in <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Emacs</a> and the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/hledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hledger</a> reporting tool to get a better handle on my finances, particularly in relation to share investments. On my blog I have posted a simple walk-through demonstrating what I have learned with regards to using these <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foss</a> tools to help track trades in a share portfolio.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a> <a href="https://www.teachmaths.org/20250424-pta-emacs2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.teachmaths.org/20250424-pta-emacs2/</a>

Ellane<a href="https://pkm.social/tags/plainTextAccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plainTextAccounting</a> just got a whole lot more fun! I don't know about hledger, but did you know that Beancount allows symbols/emojis in file names?Be aware that symbols must not be immediately preceded by a colon or they will flag as an error.

Simon Michael<a href="https://pkm.social/@astrophoenix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@astrophoenix</a> <a href="https://pkm.social/@ellane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ellane</a> I use a depth limit in my default queries. So if under assets:bank:wf:checking I have assets:bank:wf:checking:tax:2024:us and assets:bank:wf:checking:tax:2025:us, I normally limit balance reports to depth 4 to hide those, eg by adding [balance] -4to ~/.hledger.conf. I also hide lot subaccounts this way. My chart of accounts is arranged so that this simple depth limit works for all, but if not I could set per-account depth limits.<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hledger</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a>

D. MoonfireFor those who use <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a> and hledger, I just saw a cool TUI for reviewing the files.<a href="https://terminaltrove.com/puffin/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://terminaltrove.com/puffin/</a>Sadly, I'm using beancount instead of hledger, but that might make it worth it to write a program to convert. :)

EllaneSimple really is better, more times than not.Yesterday I figured out how to track savings goals in Beancount (Fava) by creating a parallel BGT currency. It involves more data entry, but it does the calculation between what's already saved and my goal. Nice, but unnecessary.Today I scrapped all that (yay for backups!) and simply added the savings goal to the name of each account. Thanks for the tip on the forum, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@simonmic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@simonmic</a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/plainTextAccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plainTextAccounting</a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#finance</a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#budget</a>

Simon Michaelhledger 1.42 is out, with new run and repl commands. Thank you to contributors Dmitry Astapov, gesh, Thomas Miedema, Joschua Kesper, and Lars Kellogg-Stedman !- <a href="https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.42" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.42</a> - <a href="https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2025-03-07-hledger-142" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2025-03-07-hledger-142</a> - <a href="https://hledger.org/install" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hledger.org/install</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hledger</a> is free, robust, friendly, multicurrency, double-entry, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a> software for unix, mac, windows, and the web, written in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/haskell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#haskell</a> for reliability.

EllaneAfter 7 months of <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/plainTextAccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plainTextAccounting</a>, insights are starting to flow. Honestly I have no idea how I'd have tracked all this without a) paying a ridiculous amount of $ every month, b) locking myself into an app that doesn't do what I need it to, and c) makes it hard to move somewhere else!Admittedly the hardest thing about PTA wasn't learning how to use the command line. It was learning the principles of accounting, and how to apply them to my situation.<a href="https://pkm.social/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#finance</a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/accounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accounting</a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/plainText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plainText</a>

Tim Chase<a href="https://mastodon.social/@jpmens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jpmens</a> meanwhile, you can get ledger/hledger/beancount for free 😉<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/plaintextaccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintextaccounting</a>

Serge from BabkaWhen you use plain text accounting and you have to generate an income statement for the year:hledger is --begin 2024-01-01 -end 2024-12-31<a href="https://babka.social/tags/PlainTextAccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlainTextAccounting</a>

Yann Büchau :nixos:Another super interesting chart for me is this one: accounting loss over time, i.e. things that slip through the radar. I fill my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hledger</a> journal very thoroughly with ~1500 txns/year that I sort and tag meticulously, including all things cash (this is where things get lost).What you can see here is: No matter how hard I try, ~1€/day slips through my radar - a lost receipt, some coins change hand on a market, etc. I find the consistency of this very fascinating 😀 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plainTextAccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plainTextAccounting</a>

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