hledger-textual

A full-featured terminal user interface for hledger plain-text accounting. Manage transactions, recurring rules, budgets, and investments — with multi-period reports, account drill-downs, and git sync — all from your terminal.

Built with Textual and Python.

hledger-textual demo

Stack

Python 3.12+
Textual - TUI framework
hledger - plain-text accounting (must be installed separately)
uv - package manager (no requirements.txt needed, dependencies are in pyproject.toml)
pytest - testing

Requirements

Python 3.12+
hledger installed and available in PATH

Installation

# With pipx
pipx install hledger-textual

# With uv
uv tool install hledger-textual

Usage

hledger-textual -f path/to/your.journal

The journal file is resolved in this order:

-f / --file CLI argument
LEDGER_FILE environment variable
~/.config/hledger-textual/config.toml (journal_file key)
~/.hledger.journal

Default currency

For multi-currency journals, the default currency is resolved in this order:

The first commodity directive declared in the journal (following include files), e.g. commodity €1,000.00.
The default_commodity key in ~/.config/hledger-textual/config.toml.

When resolved, the Accounts and Summary views convert balances to that currency using hledger -X --infer-market-prices, so P price directives in the journal are honored (see examples/multicurrency-prices.journal). Commodities without a price are shown in their original currency.

When nothing is resolved, the Accounts view shows each account's balances in their original currencies (stacked within the cell), the Reports view's flat multi-period mode marks multi-currency accounts with a ◆ prefix, and the Summary overview shows a per-currency balance line under each card (marquee scrolling when it overflows). The Reports view's stacked mode (M) always expands each currency into its own row.

To pin a currency via config instead:

default_commodity = "€"

Documentation

See the Wiki for the full documentation: feature overview, configuration, investment tracking, and per-tab reference.

Development

git clone https://github.com/thesmokinator/hledger-textual.git
cd hledger-textual
uv sync

Testing

# Run all tests
uv run pytest

# Run with verbose output
uv run pytest -v

# Run with coverage report
uv run pytest --cov=hledger_textual --cov-report=term-missing

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