ledger-web

Web front-end to access the Ledger command-line interface (ledger-cli.org).

Ledger is a powerful, double-entry accounting system that is accessed from the UNIX command-line.

Income

Income compared to expenditure over time (daily, monthly or yearly).

Spending

Over time and grouped by expense (daily, monthly or yearly).

Net Worth

Assets minus liabilities over time (daily, monthly or yearly).

Balance

Breakdown of transactions, filterable by type.

Dependencies

• Ledger 3
• Node.js and npm

Installing Ledger

The simplest way to install Ledger 3 is through Homebrew.

brew install ledger --HEAD

The --HEAD option is required to install version 3.x.

Usage

Clone the node-ledger-web git repository from GitHub.

git clone https://github.com/slashdotdash/node-ledger-web.git

Install the dependencies with npm.

cd node-ledger-web
npm install

Bower is used to manage JavaScript and CSS dependencies. Install it and our dependencies

npm install -g bower
bower install

Grunt is used for building the front-end assets. Install grunt and run its default build task.

npm install -g grunt-cli
grunt

Finally, run the express application and open http://localhost:3000/ in a web browser.

node app.js

Two http servers will be started: One to listen on port 3000 for web requests, and one on port 3001 for API requests.

Configuration

Copy and edit the sample config.

cp sample-config.json config.json
vim config.json

Binary

Specify the ledger binary path. Leave it as "ledger" if it's already on your $PATH. Otherwise, specify the absolute path.

File

Specify the path to your ledger file.