Built by someone who needed it.
ledg started as a spreadsheet. A very messy spreadsheet. Then a slightly less messy one. Then this.
The story
Running a one-person corporation in Canada is genuinely strange. You wear every hat — developer, consultant, accountant, and the person who forgot to log that receipt from three months ago. Tax time arrives, and suddenly that stack of unprocessed transactions becomes a real problem.
ledg was built out of that frustration. Not to replace an accountant, but to make sure you actually have something coherent to hand them. The idea is simple: log things fast, sort them later. Canadian taxes — GST, PST, HST, all 13 provinces — handled out of the box.
This is a product built by a solo founder in Vancouver, BC, solving a problem they live with personally. That shapes everything: what gets built, what gets cut, and how it feels to use.
Mission
Make bookkeeping boring in the best way — something you do in five minutes, not something you dread for five weeks.
Why ledg exists
Most bookkeeping software is built for bookkeepers. It assumes you know what a journal entry is, that you log transactions the same day they happen, and that you enjoy reconciling accounts. One-person corporations don't work that way. You're doing real work, and bookkeeping is the thing you do when you have time — which means you often don't. ledg is designed around that reality.
Values
Honest simplicity
We don't hide complexity behind broken abstractions. We remove the complexity that shouldn't exist in the first place.
Founder-first
Every decision is filtered through one question: does this make life easier for someone running a business alone?
No dark patterns
No fake urgency. No confusing plan tiers. No locking your data behind a paywall. Your books are yours.
Built to last
We'd rather ship less and do it properly. ledg is a tool you should be able to rely on at year-end.
ledg is early. If you're using it, you're helping shape what it becomes. That's not a disclaimer — it's an invitation.