hledger

Tags: language

Is a language for plain-text accounting.

Accounts

You declare accounts with the account keyword followed by the account name.

account assets

An account can be tagged with a specific type by using a comment.

account assets ; type:A

Table 1: List of the available account types and their associated tags.

Name	Tag
Asset	A
Liabilities	L
Equity	E
Revenues	R
Expenses	E

Sub-accounts

hledger can group accounts into sub-accounts, constructing a tree like structure. You don't have to explicitly create an account, you can just reference the sub-account as ACCOUNT:SUBACCOUNT.

2021-09-15 some-label
    expenses:supplies   £ 10
    assets:checking   £ -10