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This looks like exactly the kind of thing I've been searching for! Curious about testimonials if anyone's used it

2cynykyl 3y ago
Does 13,000 stars on github count?! Seems like a lot to me, can't believe I've never heard of it.
tdotdev 3y ago
I self host it since Mint shutdown. It obviously doesnt have automatic integrations with financial institutions so you need to export/import manually or frankenstein your own automation. There are a lot of things it does that I dont use. I am mostly there for spending visualization. It does that well, but it takes a lot of clicks to setup categorization rules, but once its done things happen automatically. Its just a few minutes work to get it setup on docker. And i think it has a demo site that you can look around on to see what tools it has. Its not perfect. But its good enough for me, for now.
- geor9e 3y ago
  >It obviously doesnt have automatic integrations with financial institutions so you need to export/import manually Ok, that's what I was scouring the documentation to find out. Thank you. Guess I'll stick with my current mint-alternative (Empower)
- criddell 3y ago
  > It obviously doesnt have automatic integrations with financial institutions Why would that be obvious? Until I read your comment I was assuming it was there. That feels like it should be a core feature for basic personal finance applications.
rounakdatta 3y ago
I've been using Firefly-III for over three years now. What I'm contemplating to write is a quick util which would auto-import transactions from my emails.
gabrielgio 3y ago
I have been using for years now. I don't have big requirements for a personal finances software. I mainly use it for cataloging my expenses so I can have a overview to where my money goes. I created a script that pushes my bank account export and have a series of rules to tag it automatically[1] and that is it. And for what I use it just works. I don't have any complains, docs are good, plenty of tutorial available and it is easy enough to setup and update (I don't use docker for it). I can't ask more of a software tbh. [1]: https://docs.firefly-iii.org/how-to/firefly-iii/features/rules/ https://docs.firefly-iii.org/how-to/firefly-iii/features/rul...

Does 13,000 stars on github count?! Seems like a lot to me, can't believe I've never heard of it.

I self host it since Mint shutdown. It obviously doesnt have automatic integrations with financial institutions so you need to export/import manually or frankenstein your own automation. There are a lot of things it does that I dont use. I am mostly there for spending visualization. It does that well, but it takes a lot of clicks to setup categorization rules, but once its done things happen automatically. Its just a few minutes work to get it setup on docker. And i think it has a demo site that you can look around on to see what tools it has. Its not perfect. But its good enough for me, for now.

geor9e 3y ago
>It obviously doesnt have automatic integrations with financial institutions so you need to export/import manually Ok, that's what I was scouring the documentation to find out. Thank you. Guess I'll stick with my current mint-alternative (Empower)
criddell 3y ago
> It obviously doesnt have automatic integrations with financial institutions Why would that be obvious? Until I read your comment I was assuming it was there. That feels like it should be a core feature for basic personal finance applications.

rounakdatta 3y ago

I've been using Firefly-III for over three years now. What I'm contemplating to write is a quick util which would auto-import transactions from my emails.

gabrielgio 3y ago

I have been using for years now. I don't have big requirements for a personal finances software. I mainly use it for cataloging my expenses so I can have a overview to where my money goes. I created a script that pushes my bank account export and have a series of rules to tag it automatically[1] and that is it. And for what I use it just works. I don't have any complains, docs are good, plenty of tutorial available and it is easy enough to setup and update (I don't use docker for it). I can't ask more of a software tbh. [1]: https://docs.firefly-iii.org/how-to/firefly-iii/features/rules/ https://docs.firefly-iii.org/how-to/firefly-iii/features/rul...