Linux.com: Ledger, The Bran Muffin of Accounting Tools

“Ledger is a command-line accounting application for the
hardcore financial professional. If you’re an MBA who groks Emacs
and regular expressions, or a kernel hacker who appreciates tax
deferred accruals, you’ll love this application.

“The following description comes directly from Ledger’s home
page:

“Ledger is an accounting tool with the moxie to exist. It
provides no bells or whistles, and returns the user to the days
before user interfaces were even a twinkling in their father’s CRT.
What it does offer is a double-entry accounting ledger with all the
flexibility and muscle of its modern day cousins, without any of
the fat. Think of it as the Bran Muffin of accounting tools…”

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