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hledger is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Accounting & Invoicing category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in Haskell. It ships a Docker image. It has 4,793 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/hledgerorg/hledger

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
4,793
Forks
422
Open issues
312
Commits, last 12 months
2,342
Last commit
Oct 26, 2026
Latest release
1.52.4Sep 10, 2026
Created
Apr 8, 2013
License
GPL-3.0Open source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 2,342 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 26, 2026
Commits, last 12 months2,342
Latest release1.52.4 (Sep 10, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months4
Releases, all time63
Open issues312
Open pull requests4
Good first issues0
Contributing guideNo
Security policyNo
CreatedApr 8, 2013

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About hledger

Plain text double-entry accounting with command-line, terminal and web interfaces, multi-currency support and CSV import.

Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/hledgerorg/hledger.

Topics

  • hledger
  • haskell
  • ledger
  • web-application
  • console-application
  • command-line-tool
  • tui
  • accounting
  • plaintext
  • finance

Repository preview

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FAQ

hledger FAQ

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Is hledger free and open source?

Yes. hledger is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run hledger with Docker?

Yes. hledger provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.

What are the best alternatives to hledger?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to hledger include Odoo, ERPNext and Aureus ERP.

Is hledger actively maintained?

The most recent commit to hledger was on Oct 26, 2026 with 2,342 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 1.52.4, published Sep 10, 2026. It had 312 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.