Bloctree

$ npm install -g bloctree
$ bloctree new newBlock
$ cd newBlock
$ bloctree about

(Bloctree : org administration) AS (Docker : app environment)

Bloctree = containerization of project administration. Just like you would run git init or rails new when starting a new codebase, you can run bloctree new to create a project administration folder.

The folder represents the (project|company|organization|division) and contains all of its administrative data (books, accounts, legal documents, ideology, processes, etc.). The Bloctree software is your interface between the data.

All files are human-readable. This is for both transparency and to make it easier to track changes over time.

Updating

To migrate your Bloctree to a new version, after updating the Bloctree software, run bloctree migrate. Adding -v 0.0.0 will specify the version to migrate to.

Accounting books

# New account: 
$ bloctree new:account [name] [category]
$ bloctree new:account receivables assets/current
 
# Record a transaction: 
$ bloctree record [transaction] [amount]
$ bloctree record expense 155.12 -m "Wireless keyboard"
$ bloctree record sale 120 -m "2 billable hours"
 
# Record separate entries: 
$ bloctree new:entry [account] [--debit <amt>] [--credit <amt>]
$ bloctree new:entry receivable -d 800 -m "Rent payment"
$ bloctree new:entry sales -c 800 -m "Rent payment"
 
# Build a balance sheet: 
$ bloctree get:balance

Double-entry bookkeeping

Each transaction must debit an account and credit another account in an equal amount.

	Debit	Credit
Asset	Increase	Decrease
Liability	Decrease	Increase
Revenue	Decrease	Increase
Expense	Increase	Decrease
Equity	Decrease	Increase

Folder structure

books
├── assets
│   ├── 100-cash.tsv
│   └── 101-accounts_receivable.tsv
├── liabilities
│   ├── 200-accounts_payable.tsv
│   └── 201-credit.tsv
├── equity
│   ├── 300-contributed_capital.tsv
│   ├── revenues
│   │   └── 400-revenues.tsv
│   └── expenses
│       └── 600-expenses.tsv
└── config.json

Account numbers

Range	Type of Account
100-199	Assets
200-299	Liabilities
300-399	Owner's Equity
400-499	Revenues
500-599	Costs of Goods Sold
600-699	Expenses