Conversion tools
Bring structured QuickBooks Desktop and Xero exports into a reviewable local Ledger file while preserving source evidence and warnings.
Product capabilities
Desktop accounting tools from entry to report.
The Ledger brings day-to-day accounting workflows together over one shared accounting engine. Features are still evolving, which is exactly why every download includes a full 30-day trial.
Current product
Built for practical accounting work.
Local-first company files
Create, open, back up, move, and share SQLite-backed .ledger files without placing your books in a vendor-controlled cloud.
View the workspaceGeneral ledger
Post balanced journal activity through transaction screens that remain grounded in double-entry accounting.
View transaction detailFinancial statements
Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Trial Balance, custom summaries, comparisons, drilldowns, and transaction detail.
View financial reportingBanking and reconciliation
Checks, deposits, transfers, card activity, local imports of downloaded QBO, QFX, and OFX bank-transaction files, statement reconciliations, and cleared-status history.
View reconciliationReceivables and payables
Invoices, credit memos, customer payments, bills, vendor payments, aging reports, and application links.
View receivablesPayroll workflows
Payroll schedules, calculated runs, paychecks, liability tracking, payments, adjustments, and supporting history.
View more workflowsReporting dimensions
Funds and flexible report layouts live in the accounting engine, not as decorative spreadsheet labels.
View more workflowsAudit-minded history
Transaction history, validation, reconciliation evidence, workpapers, and drilldowns make it easier to understand how a number was produced.
View reconciliation evidenceAgent-ready command line
Let a user-chosen AI inspect, preview, and perform supported ledger work through documented commands without embedding an AI model in the accounting software.
Explore AI accessThe boundary matters
Your accounting data is not our subscription leverage.
Licensing may contact McMurry Software to start a trial or activate a purchase. Update checks may contact our release service. Ordinary accounting work stays between The Ledger and the files and storage locations you choose.