Open-source Quicken alternatives

Actual is a personal finance tool built around a local-first design. It is free and open source under the MIT license, written in TypeScript on NodeJS, and includes a synchronization layer so changes move between your devices without much effort. Its budgeting approach follows the envelope method, and the community documentation covers budgeting, account management and tips.

There are four ways to run it: a one-click deployment on PikaPods, managed hosting on Fly.io, self-hosting with a Docker image, or local-only apps for Windows, macOS and Linux that run on your own device. The code is organized into packages such as loot-core for the cross-platform core, desktop-client for the user interface and desktop-electron for the desktop app. The community offers guides for starting fresh and for migrating from other budgeting apps.

Firefly III runs on your own server and manages your personal finances. It helps you follow what you earn and spend, with the aim of spending less and saving more, and it supports budgets, categories and tags. The project describes itself as free and open source, with no AI and no cloud, and as privacy friendly. It is written in PHP and released under the AGPL-3.0 license.

A set of import tools brings in data from other sources, and the application offers many financial reports to give insight into where money goes. The author built it out of a wish to feel in control of money rather than stressed by it. You can try a public demo, read the documentation, or install it yourself, and the repository topics point to Docker and Linux deployments. The project originates in the European Union and accepts donations.

Sure is a personal finance application that can be self-hosted with Docker. It is a community-maintained fork of Maybe Finance, a project whose team built a full-featured personal finance and wealth management app and then stopped development after the business did not work out. Sure keeps that codebase alive.

The app can be accessed from a browser, a macOS desktop app, a mobile app, API clients and LLM agents, and the README points to an overview of Sure Clients. It is a fully working finance app for tracking money, and the maintainers invite contributors to join through Discord, GitHub issues and the project website. The README is translated into several languages.

Sure is written in Ruby and released under the AGPL-3.0 license. Anyone may fork it under that license, but forks are asked to include the original license and state that they are based on Maybe Finance and not affiliated with it, to stay compliant and avoid trademark problems.

ezBookkeeping is an open-source personal finance app that you host yourself. You log everyday transactions, bring in data from other sources, and search or filter your bills with ease. Built-in charts show historical data, and you can run custom queries with your own chart dimensions to understand spending patterns and financial trends.

It is designed to be easy to deploy, starting with a single Docker command, and to use few resources, so it runs smoothly on a home server, a NAS or a Raspberry Pi. The interface is tailored separately for mobile and desktop screens, with Progressive Web App support so it can be added to a phone's home screen. The backend is written in Go with a Vue and TypeScript front end.

ezBookkeeping is MIT-licensed and has no hosted service described in the input. It suits individuals and households who want a private expense tracker and money manager instead of a commercial budgeting app.

hledger is a lightweight, cross-platform, multi-currency accounting program based on double-entry bookkeeping and plain text files. It can track cash, investments, cryptocurrencies, invoices, time and inventory in a data format that is future-proof, version-controllable and private.

There are several interfaces: a command line, a terminal UI, a web UI and mobile and editor integrations, and it is scriptable through the CLI, HTTP or an API. It imports and exports CSV and can output text, HTML, JSON and SQL. The accounting engine is multi-currency, supports your own account names, currencies and number formats, and is inspired by Ledger CLI while being interconvertible with Beancount.

hledger is written in Haskell, has been developed continuously since 2007, and is free software under GPL-3.0 or later. It installs on Unix, macOS and Windows and ships with built-in documentation, tutorials and beginner videos. The maintainers aim it at both technical and non-technical people who want clarity about their finances and time, and describe it as a good way to learn double-entry accounting.

GnuCash is financial accounting software for individuals and small businesses, freely licensed under the GNU GPL. It lets you track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses, and it is built on professional accounting principles so that books balance and reports are accurate.

The interface is meant to be as quick and intuitive as a checkbook register while still being flexible. It is double-entry accounting software, and it is available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, macOS and Microsoft Windows, with a Flatpak build on Flathub. The website lists documentation, an FAQ, mailing lists and chat, and the interface is available in many languages.

GnuCash is developed, maintained, documented and translated entirely by volunteers, and the project invites help with development, documentation and translation. It is written in C, and older releases remain available for Windows 7, older macOS versions and PowerPC Macs.

Paisa is an open-source personal finance manager that builds on top of the ledger double-entry accounting tool. Your financial records live in plain-text journal and configuration files, and Paisa reads them to produce a web interface for visualizing your money. The project states that your financial data never leaves your system.

It helps with tracking investments such as mutual funds and stocks, categorizing expenses, budgeting and money management in general. The documentation covers accounts, commodities, the journal, allocation targets, budgets, bulk edit, imports, recurring transactions, spreadsheets, goals for retirement and savings, credit cards, and tax analysis including capital gains and tax harvesting. Example journals show Indian rupee, US dollar and euro setups.

Paisa is for people comfortable keeping accounts in text files who want charts and analysis on top. It is licensed under AGPL 3 or later, and a public demo shows the interface. The author uses it for personal finances, and questions can be raised through GitHub or a Matrix chat. A separate product is suggested on the site for those who prefer not to edit text files.

Fava is a web interface for Beancount, a double-entry bookkeeping tool that keeps your accounts in plain text files. Fava focuses on features and usability: it reads your ledger and presents it in a browser so you can view reports and explore your finances without working only from the command line.

If you already know Beancount, getting started is short. You install Fava with pip, point it at your Beancount file with the fava command, and open the interface at localhost on port 5000. New users are directed to a Getting Started guide, and there is an online demo to try first. The documentation also covers the Python API and extension points.

The project is written in Python and licensed under MIT. It ships a changelog, development notes and API documentation for modules such as the core, beans, plugins and extension system, and it offers a chat room and an issue tracker for support. It is a good fit for people who already keep their accounts in Beancount and want a visual front end.

Beancount is a double-entry accounting system in which your financial records live in plain text files. The project describes itself as double-entry accounting from text files, and the approach is popular with people who prefer to keep their books in version control and process them with scripts. The software is written in Python and licensed under GPL-2.0.

The main repository holds the project details, while the website points to documentation. The latest documentation is hosted in Google Docs, and a frequently updated copy converted to Markdown is available at beancount.github.io. The project's topics tag it for plain-text accounting and its category is finance and accounting.

Beancount is a command-line oriented toolset and a text format, so it usually pairs with other software to present results. One commonly used companion is Fava, a separate web interface for browsing a Beancount ledger. It is suited to people who are comfortable editing text files and want transparent, auditable personal or small-business bookkeeping.

Money Manager Ex, or MMEX, is free, open-source, cross-platform personal finance software for organizing money and tracking cash flow. Its design goals are simplicity and user-friendliness, aiming for an application that people can use every day. It is written in C++ with wxWidgets and stores data in an SQLite database that supports AES encryption.

It supports checking, credit card, savings, stock investment and asset accounts, unlimited nested categories, multiple tags per split transaction, reminders for scheduled bills and deposits, budgeting and cash flow forecasting. One-click reports show graphs and charts, and custom reports are possible. Data can be imported from CSV and Quicken Interchange Format files.

Installation is not required because portable versions can run from a USB drive. Desktop builds exist for GNU/Linux, macOS and Windows, with mobile apps for Android through F-Droid and Google Play and for iOS through the App Store. The software is licensed under GPL-2.0, with stable and development releases offered and translations handled through Crowdin.