Self-hosted alternatives to YNAB
Want personal budgeting without handing your data to YNAB? These 16 open-source apps run on your own server. Cheapest estimated hosting starts at about $5/month.
| App | Health | Stars | License | Docker | RAM (est.) | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | Actively maintained | 29.9k | MIT | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Firefly III | Actively maintained | 25.1k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Sure | Actively maintained | 10.8k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Akaunting | Actively maintained | 10.3k | BUSL-1.1 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| InvoiceShelf | Actively maintained | 1.9k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| IHateMoney | Actively maintained | 1.4k | BSD-3-Clause | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| OpenBudgeteer | Actively maintained | 974 | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Budget Board | Actively maintained | 896 | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| monetr | Actively maintained | 690 | FSL-1.1-MIT | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Ocular | Actively maintained | 577 | MIT | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Family Accounting Tool | Actively maintained | 373 | Apache-2.0 | – | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| Kresus | Actively maintained | 344 | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| MyFin Budget | Actively maintained | 316 | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Econumo | Actively maintained | 123 | MIT | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| YAFFA | Actively maintained | 114 | MIT | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Expensave | Actively maintained | 58 | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
The options in detail
1. Actual
Local-first personal finance tool based on zero-sum budgeting, supporting synchronization across devices, custom rules, manual transaction importing (from QIF, OFX, and QFX files), and optional automatic synchronization with many banks.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-03. Latest release v26.11.0 (2026-11-02). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
2. Firefly III
Modern financial manager. It helps you to keep track of your money and make budget forecasts. It supports credit cards, has an advanced rule engine and can import data from many banks.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-03. Latest release develop-20261102 (2026-11-02). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
3. Sure
Personal finance application for everyone (fork of Maybe).
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-03. Latest release v0.7.7-alpha.2 (2026-10-31). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
4. Akaunting
Accounting software designed for small businesses and freelancers.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-03. Latest release 3.3.0 (2026-10-27). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
5. InvoiceShelf
Track expenses, payments & create professional invoices & estimates (fork of Crater).
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-10-27. Latest release 3.0.0-alpha.15 (2026-10-26). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
6. IHateMoney
Manage your shared expenses, easily.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-08-07. Latest release 7.2.1 (2026-08-07). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
7. OpenBudgeteer
Budgeting app based on the Bucket Budgeting Principle.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-10-27. Latest release 1.11.2 (2026-10-23). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
8. Budget Board
Simple app for tracking monthly spending and working towards financial goals.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-10-31. Latest release v3.9.0 (2026-10-31). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
9. monetr
Budgeting application focused on planning for recurring expenses.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Latest release v1.21.1 (2026-10-26). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
10. Ocular
Simplistic and straightforward budgeting app to track your budget across months and years.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-09-30. Latest release v2.4.1 (2026-09-05). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
11. Family Accounting Tool
Web-based finance management tool for partners with partially shared expenses.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-01. Latest release v4.32 (2026-10-26). Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
12. Kresus
Personal finance manager.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-10-09. Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
13. MyFin Budget
Personal finances platform (web + REST API + Android) that'll help you budget, keep track of your income/spending and forecast your financial future.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-10-24. Latest release 10.7.1 (2026-10-24). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
14. Econumo
Budgeting application for managing personal and family finances, supporting multiple currencies, joint accounts, and budgets.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Latest release v1.7.3 (2026-11-01). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
15. YAFFA
Personal finance web application, that can be used to keep track of your money, expenses, budgets, and investments. It also helps with long-term financial planning.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-01. Latest release v4.4.0 (2026-10-31). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
16. Expensave
Expense tracker for personal and family budget management. Track spending on a shared calendar, import bank statements and monitor finances with reports.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Latest release v1.1.6 (2026-10-24). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
Why self-host instead of YNAB?
- Own your data — it lives on a server you control, with backups you decide on.
- Predictable cost — a small VPS often replaces per-seat pricing for a whole team or family.
- No lock-in — open-source licenses let you keep running the software even if a vendor disappears.
The trade-off: you are responsible for updates, backups and security. Pick an app marked Actively maintained and with Docker support for the easiest ride.
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