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I'd love to see an open source YNAB clone... maybe this can be evolved in that direction! Well done.

by l8nite 7y ago

seveneightn9ne 7y ago
That was my idea behind https://github.com/seveneightn9ne/dino-budgeter https://github.com/seveneightn9ne/dino-budgeter - you can try it out at https://dino.jesskenney.com/ https://dino.jesskenney.com/ - it's missing a lot of the sort of guidance/hand-holding that YNAB provides, and so far it only has the features I personally wanted, but it's at least been enough for me :)
obelos 7y ago
Not open source, but https://financier.io/ https://financier.io/ is browser-based YNAB clone. I'm still using YNAB4 for the time being, but will probably switch to Financier once YNAB4 stops working. EDIT: Looks like it's been updated to be an open source project: https://blog.financier.io/financier-is-now-open-source-bdfe98a5b9b6 https://blog.financier.io/financier-is-now-open-source-bdfe9...
- Kovah 7y ago
  Financier looked absolutely great when I tested it a few months ago. But: lot of features missing (like recurring transactions) and the app seems to be abandoned. At least there was no activity for over a year now. What a pity.
  - georgebcrawford 7y ago
    IIRC, it's not so much abandoned as in what the author considers a finished state. I still use it and actually just paid another year's subscription. Like you say, there are some missing features, but it does what I need it to perfectly.
bobblywobbles 7y ago
Author of My Budget. I'm taking inspiration from YNAB, as it has a rich feature set. Also open source so that's a plus! Thanks!
asdff 7y ago
There's a google sheet floating around reddit that's pretty much a YNAB clone. I just use an excel spreadsheet thats formatted to take a copy paste from my bank/cc .csv transaction list, then I go through and categorize the transactions for the past month. Takes 10 mins or so. I used to use mint which was more automatic, but things rarely get categorized correctly, and by doing it by hand, I'm a lot more aware of my spending habits than if I just looked at some pie charts. I can still make pretty charts in excel if I ever wanted too.

I'd love to see an open source YNAB clone... maybe this can be evolved in that direction! Well done.

by l8nite 7y ago

I'd love to see an open source YNAB clone... maybe this can be evolved in that direction! Well done.

That was my idea behind https://github.com/seveneightn9ne/dino-budgeter https://github.com/seveneightn9ne/dino-budgeter - you can try it out at https://dino.jesskenney.com/ https://dino.jesskenney.com/ - it's missing a lot of the sort of guidance/hand-holding that YNAB provides, and so far it only has the features I personally wanted, but it's at least been enough for me :)

obelos 7y ago

Not open source, but https://financier.io/ https://financier.io/ is browser-based YNAB clone. I'm still using YNAB4 for the time being, but will probably switch to Financier once YNAB4 stops working. EDIT: Looks like it's been updated to be an open source project: https://blog.financier.io/financier-is-now-open-source-bdfe98a5b9b6 https://blog.financier.io/financier-is-now-open-source-bdfe9...

Kovah 7y ago
Financier looked absolutely great when I tested it a few months ago. But: lot of features missing (like recurring transactions) and the app seems to be abandoned. At least there was no activity for over a year now. What a pity.
- georgebcrawford 7y ago
  IIRC, it's not so much abandoned as in what the author considers a finished state. I still use it and actually just paid another year's subscription. Like you say, there are some missing features, but it does what I need it to perfectly.

bobblywobbles 7y ago

Author of My Budget. I'm taking inspiration from YNAB, as it has a rich feature set. Also open source so that's a plus! Thanks!

asdff 7y ago

There's a google sheet floating around reddit that's pretty much a YNAB clone. I just use an excel spreadsheet thats formatted to take a copy paste from my bank/cc .csv transaction list, then I go through and categorize the transactions for the past month. Takes 10 mins or so. I used to use mint which was more automatic, but things rarely get categorized correctly, and by doing it by hand, I'm a lot more aware of my spending habits than if I just looked at some pie charts. I can still make pretty charts in excel if I ever wanted too.