LedgrFlow is a powerful, self-hosted visual editor that transforms the experience of managing accounting with Ledger files. Built for those who value control, clarity, transparency, and professional accounting structure.

I am a programmer and finance student. Since learning double-entry bookkeeping at university, I wanted to apply it to my personal life. I like having control and clarity over my finances, but I didn’t feel comfortable doing it in Excel.

Spreadsheets ended up messy, hard to keep structured, and when uploading them to the cloud (like Google Sheets), some accounting formats would break. It was frustrating, especially when I wanted to keep a serious, historical, and professional record.

At university, studying business accounting, I learned something fundamental:

The importance of keeping a clear, readable accounting history over time to make smart decisions.

This approach led me to look for a way to record my personal finances with the same logic a company would use — but without relying on closed software. That’s when I discovered Ledger: a powerful and flexible plain-text accounting system. I instantly fell in love with its philosophy.

But using Ledger wasn’t practical for daily use: no quick feedback, no modern editor, no clear interface.

LedgrFlow was born — a tool that lets me keep my accounting data in plain text, with Ledger’s accuracy and the usability of a modern app.

• ✍️ Accounting-aware editor with autocomplete, real-time validation, and smart snippets.
• 📊 Visual dashboard with trends, balances, and account summaries.
• 🧾 Export to Markdown, PDF, Excel, and SQL.
• 🧠 Potential AI integration (for natural language editing).
• 🛠️ 100% self-hosted using Docker.
• 🔐 Full control over your files: no mandatory cloud, no data lock-in.

LedgrFlow is built on principles of:

• Free and self-hosted software
• User control over data
• Compatibility with open standards
• Serious accounting without dangerous simplifications

An official Docker image to easily launch the project is available at: https://hub.docker.com/r/eddybel619/ledgrflow

Have ideas, improvements, or found a bug? You’re welcome to contribute!

• Open Issues and Pull Requests
• Suggestions via Discussions (coming soon)

Developed by @EddyBel — accountant in training, plain-text nerd, obsessed with data control and good software.

LedgrFlow is released under the AGPL license (Affero General Public License), ensuring freedom and openness.