Beancount.io documentation
Guides, references, and recipes for plain-text accounting — from your first transaction to scripted, auditable workflows.
Getting Started
Advanced
Customization
Use Cases
- Industry-Specific Setups
- Cryptocurrency Templates and Examples
- Track a crypto portfolio with cost basis in Beancount
- Real Estate Templates and Examples
- Real Estate Investment Tracking
- Prepare taxes with Beancount country-by-country
- Beancount financial report templates and examples
- Beancount community setups, plugins, and workflows
Integration
- Import bank exports with the CLI
- Automate bookkeeping with bea
- Accounting with AI agents
- Extend bea ask with skills
- Use LLMs with Beancount to import, review, and query
- How Python scripts automate Beancount and Fava
- How Beancount and Fava power real-time dashboards
- How Beancount keeps books transparent and auditable