# \#hledger **URL:** https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/tag/hledger/2.md [Latest](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/tags.md) --- ## [Converting Time to Money](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/converting-time-to-money/925)
**Author:** [@dirt\_peasant](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/dirt_peasant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/converting-time-to-money/925 "2026-10-22T14:18:12Z")
I've read the writeups out there but I can't quite make this work for my use case. Using the timedot format in hledger, I'd like to know how to track time, bill for it, and then track the revenue using cash-basis account… --- ## [Can hledger reports reflect custom budget months?](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/can-hledger-report-reflect-custom-budget-months/871)
**Author:** [@chocolatine](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/chocolatine)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/can-hledger-report-reflect-custom-budget-months/871 "2026-10-12T18:59:35Z")
Hello everyone, I'm looking for a way to provide a custom date interval to an hledger command. My use case is the following: I have a CLI tool helping me decide for every week which "budget month" it is part of (e.g.,… --- ## [ANN: hledger 1.99.5](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-1-99-5/898)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-1-99-5/898 "2026-10-06T00:13:13Z")
I'm pleased to announce hledger 1.99.5 (2.0 preview 5): the fastest hledger yet, with UI translations, find-anywhere query, compact transactions report, lossless print --export, CSV merge rule, includable CSV & rules f… --- ## [ANN: hledger 1.99.4 (& 1.52.4)](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-1-99-4-1-52-4/886)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-1-99-4-1-52-4/886 "2026-09-13T21:29:23Z")
I'm pleased to announce two hledger releases! hledger 1.52.4: dependency updates, for packagers. hledger 1.99.4 (2.0 preview 4): new holdings report, better lot tracking, command aliases, reorganised help command, run/… --- ## [Balance, a native iOS/Mac app for ledger-cli and hledger journals, looking for beta testers](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/balance-a-native-ios-mac-app-for-ledger-cli-and-hledger-journals-looking-for-beta-testers/880)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/balance-a-native-ios-mac-app-for-ledger-cli-and-hledger-journals-looking-for-beta-testers/880 "2026-09-11T17:50:10Z")
https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/comments/1w8rfxz/balance\_a\_native\_iosmac\_app\_for\_ledgercli\_and/ announcement A closed-source macos and ios GUI app, available in TestFlight, free for the first 50 testers Ba… --- ## [ANN: hledger 1.52.2](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-1-52-2/868)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-1-52-2/868 "2026-08-24T20:03:26Z")
I'm (not so) pleased to announce hledger 1.52.2. This contains only a fix for an XSS vulnerability in hledger-web. All hledger-web users should upgrade, to avoid this bug. https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/rele… --- ## [Plain Text Accounting is Pretty Cool](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/plain-text-accounting-is-pretty-cool/867)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/plain-text-accounting-is-pretty-cool/867 "2026-08-21T16:56:07Z")
A nice getting-started-with-hledger article, and discussion (lobsters, reddit) --- ## [ANTLR grammar for hledger format (partial) support](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/antlr-grammar-for-hledger-format-partial-support/853)
**Author:** [@Olivier\_Cailloux](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/Olivier_Cailloux)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/antlr-grammar-for-hledger-format-partial-support/853 "2026-08-18T20:39:14Z")
Here is an ANTLR grammar that I built a few months ago for the hledger format. I hope it can be useful! Suggestions about where to announce this are welcome as well! --- ## [Introducing Hledger-BTC: Import and manage your Bitcoin with PTA](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/introducing-hledger-btc-import-and-manage-your-bitcoin-with-pta/856)
**Author:** [@brh28](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/brh28)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/introducing-hledger-btc-import-and-manage-your-bitcoin-with-pta/856 "2026-07-25T20:13:03Z")
Hey all, Bitcoin empowers people to truly own their money, but this comes at the cost of having to personally account for that money. Often times, people have multiple wallets and, of course, transact with many counter-… --- ## [Tagging pay-period with inclusive date-range](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/tagging-pay-period-with-inclusive-date-range/855)
**Author:** [@ivan](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/ivan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/tagging-pay-period-with-inclusive-date-range/855 "2026-07-22T17:28:54Z")
I'm entering payslips into my hledger journal, and I'd like to record the pay period that each one covers. My first thought was to use a tag like: pay-period:2025-01-01..2025-01-15 Each payslip explicitly lists its pay… --- ## [How to organize all the tags in Hledger (including sub-tags)?](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/how-to-organize-all-the-tags-in-hledger-including-sub-tags/854)
**Author:** [@joviwu](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/joviwu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/how-to-organize-all-the-tags-in-hledger-including-sub-tags/854 "2026-07-21T03:14:17Z")
Hi everyone, Using hledger tags only shows the top-level tags, and doesn't display any sub-tags. For example, if I have tags like vehicle : A, vehicle : B, vendor : AA, vendor : BB, running hledger tags only shows veh… --- ## [Auto rules, Bank use-case](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/auto-rules-bank-use-case/834)
**Author:** [@igbanam](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/igbanam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/auto-rules-bank-use-case/834 "2026-07-11T03:11:04Z")
Hi all, How do I properly setup these rule scenario? When money's leaving the account over a certain sum, there's some commission and VAT the bank charges When money enters the account over a certain sum, the bank is … --- ## [Accountant24: Local-first AI agent + hledger for personal accounting](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/accountant24-local-first-ai-agent-hledger-for-personal-accounting/799)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/accountant24-local-first-ai-agent-hledger-for-personal-accounting/799 "2026-07-09T09:57:17Z")
--- ## [ANN: hledger 2.0 preview 3](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-2-0-preview-3/818)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-2-0-preview-3/818 "2026-06-26T14:44:38Z")
G'day all. I'm pleased to announce hledger 2.0 preview release 3 ! Highlights: conventional file layout for rules/data/prices get command commodity aliases print aligns by decimal mark more intuitive precision behavio… --- ## [Hledger + Obsidian: Plain-Text Personal Finance with Claude Code | Mandalivia](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/hledger-obsidian-plain-text-personal-finance-with-claude-code-mandalivia/805)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/hledger-obsidian-plain-text-personal-finance-with-claude-code-mandalivia/805 "2026-05-26T01:26:48Z")
--- ## [Missing thousands separator in HTML Report (hledger)](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/missing-thousands-separator-in-html-report-hledger/797)
**Author:** [@joviwu](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/joviwu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/missing-thousands-separator-in-html-report-hledger/797 "2026-05-11T21:24:05Z")
Hi everyone, I'm encountering a formatting issue. When I run command A to generate A.html, the output is missing thousands separators. However, when I use command B to generate B.html, the thousands separators are disp… --- ## [ANN: hledger 1.52, hledger 2.0 preview 1](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-1-52-hledger-2-0-preview-1/772)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-1-52-hledger-2-0-preview-1/772 "2026-04-08T07:33:45Z")
G'day all. I'm pleased to announce a hledger double release! hledger 1.52, with more robust paging, faster valuation, commodity tags, and cost basis annotations which are preserved and can be exported (examples prov… --- ## [Schemas for data that would be easy to import to PTA systems](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/schemas-for-data-that-would-be-easy-to-import-to-pta-systems/767)
**Author:** [@alerque](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/alerque)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/schemas-for-data-that-would-be-easy-to-import-to-pta-systems/767 "2026-03-17T12:35:07Z")
I’m working on some tooling acceptarium for extracting structured data from scanned receipts for importing into PTA ledgers. The goal is to be entirely agnostic as to the PTA tool used (ledger-cli, hldeger, beancount, wh… --- ## [Customize account2 of CSV rules depending on the file parsed](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/customize-account2-of-csv-rules-depending-on-the-file-parsed/762)
**Author:** [@zako](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/zako)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/customize-account2-of-csv-rules-depending-on-the-file-parsed/762 "2026-03-13T18:23:35Z")
Hello, I have a expenses.csv.rules file which is included by the rules files of different bank accounts: personal-bank.csv.rules and family-bank.csv.rules. Bank rule files parse the CSV fields and set the account1 where… --- ## [Hledger: multi bank approach](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/hledger-multi-bank-approach/754)
**Author:** [@Xavier](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/Xavier)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/hledger-multi-bank-approach/754 "2026-03-01T08:27:32Z")
Hello, still discovering PTA and hledger. I started small with my own personal accounts. It works nicely. I did the same for my mutual account (the ones I share with my wife). Now, I am looking for the best way to merg… --- ## [Hledger-textual: just another terminal user interface for managing hledger journal (reddit)](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/hledger-textual-just-another-terminal-user-interface-for-managing-hledger-journal-reddit/757)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/hledger-textual-just-another-terminal-user-interface-for-managing-hledger-journal-reddit/757 "2026-02-27T18:49:18Z")
https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/comments/1rg1flu/hledgertui\_just\_another\_terminal\_user\_interface This is a nice TUI, and (excluding hledger-edit) the first hledger UI that can edit and delete existing trans… --- ## [Docker images for hledger-mcp](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/docker-images-for-hledger-mcp/748)
**Author:** [@adept](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/adept)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/docker-images-for-hledger-mcp/748 "2026-02-25T12:46:04Z")
I’ve made Docker image for hledger-mcp server by @iiatlas : GitHub - adept/hledger-mcp-docker: Dockerfiles for hledger-mcp I’ve tried it with Claude Code and Open Code, and it should be trivial to use it with any other … --- ## [Using (local) LLMs with hledger records and reports](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/using-local-llms-with-hledger-records-and-reports/742)
**Author:** [@adept](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/adept)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/using-local-llms-with-hledger-records-and-reports/742 "2026-02-18T23:18:56Z")
I’ve spent some time recently playing with LLMs and my financial records, and I want to share my findings. Most of them are trivial, but I hope that they could nevertheless be useful or provide food for thought. I’m qui… --- ## [Properly escaping spaces in filenames](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/properly-escaping-spaces-in-filenames/724)
**Author:** [@madbaker](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/madbaker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/properly-escaping-spaces-in-filenames/724 "2026-01-30T18:50:48Z")
Hi. I’m struggling to get ‘import from the CSV rules file’ working and I’ve tracked it down to file names. I hope someone can help me get over the final hurdle. I’m running hledger version 1.32.3, linux-x86\_64 (Linux… --- ## [Hledger cash transactions and envelope budgeting](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/hledger-cash-transactions-and-envelope-budgeting/718)
**Author:** [@mateja](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/mateja)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/hledger-cash-transactions-and-envelope-budgeting/718 "2026-01-23T19:18:18Z")
Hello, I'm using envelope budgeting with Hledger. I'm trying to adhere to double-entry accounting as much as possible, so I don't use virtual postings/accounts. I'm also tracking all my cash spending, since I have quite … --- ## [Insert code field in existing journal](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/insert-code-field-in-existing-journal/719)
**Author:** [@madbaker](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/madbaker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/insert-code-field-in-existing-journal/719 "2026-01-23T01:36:32Z")
Hi. Is there a way to take an existing journal file and insert the same code field in every transaction? I brought in 8 CSV files into 8 separate journal files, and manually edited each journal to fix up a few ‘unknown… --- ## [Opening and closing balances when tracking a house value](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/opening-and-closing-balances-when-tracking-a-house-value/711)
**Author:** [@someguy](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/someguy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/opening-and-closing-balances-when-tracking-a-house-value/711 "2026-01-09T08:02:41Z")
Hi! I have been using hledger to track our personal expenses and things have been great so far. It has been slight over a year and I am still learning so much about accounting and the possibilities with hledger. As we … --- ## [ANN: hledger 1.50.4 and 1.51](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-1-50-4-and-1-51/692)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ann-hledger-1-50-4-and-1-51/692 "2025-12-05T11:08:53Z")
Two new hledger releases, with a small number of user-visible changes: hledger-1.50.4 fixes 1.50's journal include directive, hopefully stabilising the 1.50 series. https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.5… --- ## [Plain Text Accounting with hledger (FOSS for All presentation)](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/plain-text-accounting-with-hledger-foss-for-all-presentation/682)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/plain-text-accounting-with-hledger-foss-for-all-presentation/682 "2025-11-09T18:28:37Z")
A really nice intro/overview for using plain text accounting (and hledger) in FOSS projects which handle money. In korean, with english translations. --- ## [Hledger in 10 Minutes: The Ultimate CLI Tool](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/hledger-in-10-minutes-the-ultimate-cli-tool/677)
**Author:** [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/hledger-in-10-minutes-the-ultimate-cli-tool/677 "2025-11-07T15:24:15Z")
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