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Firefly III

★ 20k

Personal finance manager with budgets, rules, and reports — your money data stays home.

Firefly III does the job of YNAB, self-hosted. It is AGPL-licensed, so a hosted fork has to publish its changes, and it installs in about one command. YNAB bills $15 for it. 20k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for YNAB.

Licence
AGPL-3.0
Self-hosting
Easy
The paid one costs
$15
GitHub stars
20k
view the code →official site →

Is it actually a replacement?

We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:

How Firefly III runs

Where it runs

Firefly III runs on your server.

What setup takes

not verified by us yet — check the repo README.

Firefly III questions

Is Firefly III open source?

Yes — it is released under AGPL-3.0.

Can Firefly III replace YNAB?

Our verdict on YNAB is YES. Actual Budget (28k stars), Firefly III (20k stars), OpenBudgeteer (966 stars) are mature open-source replacements for YNAB — self-host in one command and stop paying $14.99/mo.

Can I self-host Firefly III?

Yes — we rate it easy to self-host, and it runs on your server.

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