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Ask HN: what opensource tools (bin or web) do you use to manage your expenses?
Feature boasting and clever ways you use your solution is encouraged for discussion.
- grandalf 17y agoI don't like programs that automatically pull in transactions from online banking, etc. I made a spreadsheet (a google doc) with multiple tabs, so that each day I can log what I purchased, as well as track progress toward various financial goals. This is all well and good, but I think the best solution is probably the simplest. Just figure out your budget and set up your online bill pay to send checks automatically. Then on the first of the month, withdraw cash for your entire monthly discretionary spending -- food, gadgets, etc. If your ATM won't let you take out enough, have your bank increase the limit. Then you can ration (or not) with each purchase. You won't need to carry around your atm/check card either, since you are using cash. And if you have any cash left at the end of the month, you have succeeded. If you had to withdraw more cash, you failed.
- jcapote 17y agoA novel approach, I like it.
- alexitosrv 17y agoI do the same, but with Excel (desktop and mobile version) I suppose it doesn't count because the OP asked for open source specifically.
- arete 17y agohttp://wiki.github.com/jwiegley/ledger http://wiki.github.com/jwiegley/ledger
- carbon8 17y agognucash
- zacharydanger 17y agoMy vote is also gnucash. Especially if you've had any sort of formal accounting training.
- remyo 17y agoHomebank http://homebank.free.fr/ http://homebank.free.fr/
- brm 17y agohttp://texthog.com http://texthog.com I send it text messages when I spend money. much easier than writing it down or keeping receipts etc
- tristian 17y agoOpenOffice.org: Calc (spreadsheet) I keep a running cashflow listing with a row for each day and columns for each of my major accounts. Plus totals and a moving average. Along with that I track all of my incomings and outgoings, with monthly totals. I update all of it about 3-4 times a month. I find it gives me all the information I need to keep on top of things. I can see how various accounts fluctuate over time, where the big expenses are, and it givens me enough info to plan the next few months ahead.
- brunoqc 17y agoI'm waiting to get a new job to try this Ruby on Rails apps : http://wiki.github.com/jamis/bucketwise http://wiki.github.com/jamis/bucketwise
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- netsp 17y agoFrom the comments here, it seems there are no clear leaders.
- scorpioxy 17y agoI used to have an OO spreadsheet for that, but that quickly became cumbersome to use. Then i switched to a new application called wxbanker. It's quite limited in functionality for now, but that's how i like my application. Easy to use, easy to extend.