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In September, I wrote an Android app so I can easily add transactions to my plain text accounting ledger file while on the go.
It was recently published on F-Droid, so I thought, why not write a blog post about it.
It was recently [published on F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/be.chvp.nanoledger/), so I thought, why not write a blog post about it.
I will go over why I made it, some light technical details, and plans I have for it in the future.
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Before I get in to the app itself, maybe a short introduction of plain text accounting (PTA) is in order.
PTA is an ecosystem of programs that all work on the same basic idea.
You record financial transactions in a plain text file (with some structure imposed by the tool you're using), and the tool can generate reports about those transactions.
The three main options in this space are ledger, hledger and beancount.
The three main options in this space are [ledger](https://www.ledger-cli.org/), [hledger](https://hledger.org/) and [beancount](https://beancount.github.io/).
Like all financial tools, the way you use it is tailored to the information you want to get out of it.
If you want a general overview on your personal finances, that's possible.
If you want to use it to generate invoices for clients, that's possible.
If you want to know how much money you spent on cheese in the last year, that's also possible.
If you want to know how much money you spent on cheese in the last year, that's also possible (€ 221.92 for me in 2022).
I will leave further explanation to [others](https://plaintextaccounting.org/), but definitely check it out if you're interested.
## Why I wrote this app