Finance and accounting
PocketSmith alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
firefly-iii/firefly-iii★24,246 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceA self-hosted web application for managing personal finances, accounts, transactions, budgets, and reports.Open on GitHub ↗actualbudget/actual★28,006 GitHub starsMIT licenceA local-first personal finance application for budgeting, tracking accounts, transactions, and net worth.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Scale of bank connections (PocketSmith claims 12,000+ institutions)
- Polished, mature UX and niche features (calendar budgeting, saved searches, many dashboard widgets)
- Long-running product development and reliability built over many years
- Existing user data, migration tooling, and community/trust
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches PocketSmith, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.