# Hledger (open-source office app)

> Hledger is a free, open-source command-line office tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. Robust, fast, intuitive plain text accounting tool with CLI, TUI and web interfaces. It has 4,751 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at hledgerorg/hledger.

Welcome! This is a brief intro to hledger. For a more detailed version, see the home page: hledger is lightweight, cross platform, multi-currency, double-entry accounting software. It lets you track money, investments, cryptocurrencies, invoices, time, inventory and more, in a safe, future-proof plain text data format with full version control and privacy.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/hledgerorg/hledger |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | command line |
| GitHub stars | 4,751 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Haskell |
| Website | https://hledger.org |
| Official | no |
| Category | Office & spreadsheets |
| Latest release | 1.52.4 (Sep 10, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/hledgerorg/hledger/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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