The keeper module provides accounting and bookkeeping tools for programmers.
Keeper uses double entry accounting and stores numbers using a custom absolute precision floating point scheme. Specifically, all numbers are stored as arbitrary sized integers. Commodity/currency units have an int64 scaling factor to represent fractional amounts. For example, 1.23 USD is represented as 123, and the unit USD has a scale of 100.
The keeper module works with keeper files (with the .kpr extension).
Keeper files make it easy to record transactions and calculate and
reconcile account balances.
Keeper is designed for programmers. Keeper files have a simple syntax which can be generated from other sources, and the library returns the data in a convenient format for further processing, as well as some basic report generators. Additionally, the library exposes the parser and AST for keeper files.
Basic overview of usage:
- Enter transactions into keeper files.
- Reconcile balances.
- Generate ledgers.
- Generate trial balance.
- Generate financial statements: income statement, capital statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement