Beancount / Fava Example

This small repository exists to quickly demonstrate what the beancount library and fava web application for plain text accounting look like in practice.

Visit https://plaintextaccounting.org/ more information about plain text accounting.

Run through the setup steps below to install the libraries in a virtual environment and create an example.beancount plain text ledger file and start the fava web application.

Setup

1. git clone https://github.com/wileykestner/beancount-example
2. cd beancount-example
3. ./bin/bc bean-check (This script will create an example.beancount data file if you do not already have one and ensure that it is valid.)
4. ./bin/bc fava (This will open the beautiful fava web application using your new example.beancount file as input.)
5. Visit http://localhost:5000/ in your web browser to see fava in action!
6. To see an example of a simple plugin: cp plugin-example.beancount example.beancount && ./bin/bc fava