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Ledger

Command line double-entry accounting program

Ledger is an open-source plain-text accounting project on GitHub under the ISC license (permissive), with 506 stars. It is built with Go and V8. Its last push was 2 months ago.

Stars
506
License
ISC
Activity
Active
Latest release
v1.17.0

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Developer tool
What it does
A Go implementation of ledger-style plain-text accounting with balance and register reports, CSV import and export, and a web report view.
Adopt it when
You want a single fast binary for ledger-format books with a simple web report.
Watch out
Supports a subset of the original ledger syntax, with a small user base.
Ready for
Usable
Runs as
Command line and self-hosted server
Built with
Go
How established
Established: started 13 years ago, latest release v1.17.0.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

GoV8

Follow it down: Ledger → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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