Backslash extensionPlain Text Accounting

hledger, Ledger and Beancount journals: account balances, this month's expenses by category, recent transactions and a quick form to add one. Open it from Backslash, the keyboard-first launcher for Linux, with Super + Space.

Productivityv1.0.04 commandsMITby Backslash

Install Backslash

View source on GitHub

Commands

Account BalancesAssets and liabilities with net worth, or every account, from your journal

Monthly ExpensesThis month's spending by category, compared with the same days last month

Recent TransactionsThe last 30 days of your journal, newest first: copy, add a similar one

Add TransactionDate, payee, amount and accounts, appended to your journal

Install

From Browse Extensions in Backslash, or in a terminal:

$ backslash install plain-text-accounting

What it may access

Run hledger
Run ledger
Run bean-query
Read ~/.hledger.journal
Read ~/.ledger
Read ~/finance
Read ~/Finance
Read ~/finances
Read ~/ledger
Read ~/Ledger
Read ~/accounting
Read ~/Accounting
Read ~/beancount
Read ~/Beancount
Read ~/Documents/finance
Read ~/Documents/Finance
Read ~/Documents/ledger
Read ~/Documents/accounting
Read ~/Documents/beancount
Write ~/.hledger.journal
Write ~/.ledger
Write ~/finance
Write ~/Finance
Write ~/finances
Write ~/ledger
Write ~/Ledger
Write ~/accounting
Write ~/Accounting
Write ~/beancount
Write ~/Beancount
Write ~/Documents/finance
Write ~/Documents/Finance
Write ~/Documents/ledger
Write ~/Documents/accounting
Write ~/Documents/beancount
Read the environment variable HOME
Read the environment variable LEDGER_FILE

Everything else is denied by the sandbox.

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