Ledger is a command-line accounting tool by JohnWiegley, it provides a double-entry accounting ledger. The input file is a very simple text file.
You can get it from here: https://github.com/ledger/ledger-mode
Ledger comes with a ledger-mode and a function to add new entries. Here is an alternate entry function. The accounts are in German. All accounts for my expenses start with “Ausgaben:”. All accounts for my capital start with “Vermögen:” (basically I can take money from my cash reserves, or from one of my bank accounts).
(defun ledger-add-entry (title in amount out) (interactive (let ((accounts (mapcar 'list (ledger-accounts)))) (list (read-string "Entry: " (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d " (current-time))) (let ((completion-regexp-list "^Ausgaben:")) (completing-read "What did you pay for? " accounts)) (read-string "How much did you pay? " "CHF ") (let ((completion-regexp-list "^Vermögen:")) (completing-read "Where did the money come from? " accounts))))) (insert title) (newline) (indent-to 4) (insert in " " amount) (newline) (indent-to 4) (insert out))