Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install ledger

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install ledger

MacPorts ports tree · finance/ledger/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add ledger

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · ledger · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install ledger

Debian stable package indexes · ledger · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install ledger

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · ledger · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#ledger

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/le/ledger/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S ledger

Arch Linux sync databases · ledger · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install ledger

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · ledger · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Command-line, double-entry accounting tool

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

ledger

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Ledger is a command-line, double-entry accounting system built around plain-text journals. Users write transactions in Ledger's text format and run reports from the Unix shell without a separate database.

Projektgeschichte

The official Ledger site says Ledger began in 2003, was written by John Wiegley, and is released under the BSD license. Its design centers on text files, double-entry accounting, and report generation rather than a graphical accounting database.

The GitHub repository continues that positioning: Ledger reads text files, generates reports, and stores no other database state. The project accumulated a long 3.x release history, with signed tags and release maintenance visible through the ledger/ledger repository.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Ledger became one of the foundational tools in the plain-text accounting community. Package-manager coverage across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, MacPorts, Nix, Alpine, and openSUSE reflects adoption by Unix users who prefer version-controlled finance data and scriptable reports.

Wie es verwendet wird

The basic workflow is to keep a journal file of dated transactions, then run commands such as balance, register, equity, prices, and other reports. The documentation emphasizes that Ledger has no graphical interface and returns accounting to text journals and shell output.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Ledger is package-nerd significant because it helped define plain-text accounting as a durable command-line category. It also inspired ports and related tools, including editor modes, hledger, Beancount, and ecosystem utilities that treat financial records as auditable text.

Zeitleiste

2003: Ledger began, according to the official project site.
2003-2009: Ledger 2.6 documentation carries John Wiegley's copyright range.
2020-05-01: v3.2.0 tag published.
2023-02-08: v3.3.0 tag published.
2023-03-30: v3.3.2 release published.

Related projects

Related projects include ledger-mode for Emacs, vim-ledger, hledger, Beancount, Fava, plain-text-accounting workflows, and shell/reporting tools that consume Ledger journals.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 7 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME~/.config/ledger/ledgerrc~/.ledgerrc./.ledgerrc

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`ledger`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-10

Manager-Version3.4.1

Manager aktualisiert2026-06-22

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv3.4.1

https://github.com/ledger/ledger

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:ledger
Version	3.4.1
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ledger
Homepage	https://ledger-cli.org/
Repository	https://github.com/ledger/ledger
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://ledger-cli.org/doc/ledger.1.html
Lizenz	BSD-3-Clause
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/ledger/ledger/archive/refs/tags/v3.4.1.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-06-22T14:05:09-07:00
Pulse	updated
Abhängigkeiten	boost, gmp, gpgme, gpgmepp, libassuan, mpfr, python@3.14
Build-Abhängigkeiten	cmake, texinfo
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	libedit
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	ledger
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

ledger 3.3.2-1+b4

command-line double-entry accounting program

http://ledger-cli.org

sudo apt install ledger

Section: utils
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: ledger
10 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ledger from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

python3-ledger 3.3.2-1+b4

command-line double-entry accounting program (python3 extension)

http://ledger-cli.org

sudo apt install python3-ledger

Section: python
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: ledger
11 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: python3-ledger from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

ledger

nix profile install nixpkgs#ledger

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/le/ledger/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

ledger 3.3.2-1build4

command-line double-entry accounting program

http://ledger-cli.org

sudo apt install ledger

Section: universe/utils
Architecture: amd64
10 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ledger from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

python3-ledger 3.3.2-1build4

command-line double-entry accounting program (python3 extension)

http://ledger-cli.org

sudo apt install python3-ledger

Section: universe/python
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: ledger
11 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-ledger from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

ledger 3.4.1-r0

Double-entry accounting system with a command-line reporting interface

https://www.ledger-cli.org/

sudo apk add ledger

License: BSD-3-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: ledger
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ledger from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

ledger-doc 3.4.1-r0

Double-entry accounting system with a command-line reporting interface (documentation)

https://www.ledger-cli.org/

sudo apk add ledger-doc

License: BSD-3-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: ledger
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ledger-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

ledger 3.3.2-5.fc44

A powerful command-line double-entry accounting system

https://ledger-cli.org/

sudo dnf install ledger

License: BSD-3-Clause
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: ledger
10 Abhängigkeiten
3 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ledger from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

ledger-devel 3.3.2-5.fc44

Libraries and header files for ledger development

https://ledger-cli.org/

sudo dnf install ledger-devel

License: BSD-3-Clause
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: ledger
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ledger-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

ledger 3.4.1-5

Double-entry accounting system with a command-line reporting interface

https://ledger-cli.org

sudo pacman -S ledger

License: BSD-3-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
3 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: ledger from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

ledger 3.3.2-4.5

Double-entry accounting system with a command-line reporting interface

https://github.com/ledger/ledger

sudo zypper install ledger

License: BSD-3-Clause
Category: Productivity/Office/Finance
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: ledger
8 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ledger from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

ledger

sudo port install ledger

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ledger

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: finance/ledger/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

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Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/ledger.yml

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package-page enrichment

ledger mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Linux

Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Risikostufe: grün

Risikoklassifikator

Warum

Signale

Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

Configuration and credential file locations

Configuration files

Installierte Executables

Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

Themen-Hubs

Verwandte Tools

Gleicher Workflow

Agent-Sicherheitsleitfäden

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Combined YAML source

Verwendete Quellen