New Journal

Creates a fresh journal: a git-tracked folder of plain-text hledger files, with starter accounts and a sample record.

Desktop

1. Click ☰ → New Journal.
2. Pick a destination folder via the native file dialog.
3. Surebeans creates the journal files and initializes a git repository.

Browser

1. Click ☰ → New Journal.
2. Enter a name (e.g., my-budget).
3. Journal is created in browser storage at /journals/<name>.

What gets created

my-budget/
├── .git/                  # created automatically
├── main.journal           # root file with include directives
├── accounts.journal       # account definitions
├── surebeans.json         # rules, remotes, app config
└── includes/
    └── 2026.journal       # records for the current year

A git repository is initialized and an initial commit is created automatically. Surebeans adds a new includes/<year>.journal file as needed.