Keeping your finances at check with Ledger

1 · Matouš Dzivjak · Feb. 19, 2020, midnight
For the last three months year, I have been keeping track of all my expenses and income using Ledger, and it slowly turned into a little obsession of mine. Here’s my take on what ledger is, how to keep one, and why you need one. What is Ledger Ledger is a double entry accounting system that is accessed from a command line and kept in simple text files. This is a lot of words for introduction, but all the terms will be explained in the following paragraphs....