Best Personal Budgeting tools by public signals

These picks are computed from scored public evidence. Use the openness column in the ranking to separate OSI-approved, source-available, open-core, proprietary, and unverified-license tools.

Use Case Rankings

Ordered by ToolVitals score, health, shipping, confidence, and then adoption as a tie-breaker.

# Tool Health Shipping Openness Stars Score Status
01 Ghostfolio
Open Source Wealth Management Software. Angular + NestJS + Prisma + Nx + TypeScript 🤍
93 100 OSI-approved OSS 8.7k 96 Active
02 Securo
Self-hosted, privacy-first personal finance manager.
93 100 OSI-approved OSS 1k 96 Active
03 Actual Budget
A local-first personal finance app
93 95 OSI-approved OSS 27k 95 Active
04 Firefly III
Firefly III: a personal finances manager
90 95 OSI-approved OSS 23.7k 93 Active
05 OpenUsage
Open-source subscription and usage tracker.
88 100 OSI-approved OSS 2.8k 92 Active
06 Rotki
A portfolio tracking, analytics, accounting and management application that protects your privacy
86 84 OSI-approved OSS 3.9k 88 Active
07 Whisper Money
Personal finance app that helps users understand spending and transactions.
80 90 License unknown 1k 87 Active
08 Wallos
Wallos: Open-source, self-hostable personal subscription tracker. Visualize your recurring expenses, manage your budget, and save money.
87 70 OSI-approved OSS 8.1k 83 Active
09 Budget Board
App for tracking monthly spending and financial goals.
79 80 OSI-approved OSS 797 83 Active
10 mirobody
Your Data, Your AI — Health, Finance & More. Open Source, Privacy-First.
85 63 OSI-approved OSS 1k 82 Active
11 Sumurai
Open-source personal finance app for spending and budget tracking.
64 90 License unknown 34 77 Warning
12 Folio
Open-source personal finance app for budgeting and expense tracking.
69 71 OSI-approved OSS 3 75 Warning
13 Caspion
Automated budget tracking from financial institutions.
79 52 OSI-approved OSS 257 74 Warning
14 Bill Organizer
Open-source bill organizer for subscriptions and recurring bills.
74 55 OSI-approved OSS 3 74 Warning
15 Expense Budget Tracker
Self-hosted personal finance expense and budget tracker.
63 63 OSI-approved OSS 11 72 Warning
16 Ray Finance
Open-source AI financial advisor for personal finance planning.
59 64 OSI-approved OSS 209 71 Warning
17 Treeline
Local-first personal finance app built on DuckDB.
57 59 OSI-approved OSS 9 69 Warning
18 Canutin
Open-source personal finance desktop app.
70 30 OSI-approved OSS 67 64 Warning
19 SmartWatt
Residential energy estimation platform with appliance-wise analysis, bill insights, and optimization recommendations.
54 63 OSI-approved OSS 2 64 Warning
20 FinTrack
Personal finance tracker with AI analytics and multi-currency support.
62 48 OSI-approved OSS 3 63 Warning
21 SpendTrail
Privacy-focused expense and income tracker as a PWA.
59 51 OSI-approved OSS 6 62 Warning
22 Kresus
Self-hosted personal finance application.
59 39 OSI-approved OSS 336 62 Warning
23 BFlow Backend
Personal finance management API.
56 51 OSI-approved OSS 9 61 Warning
24 Bonsai
Agents for auditing, disputing, and renegotiating personal bills and expenses.
59 39 OSI-approved OSS 0 58 Warning
25 EffettoComposto
Open-source personal finance and budgeting tools.
59 35 License unknown 3 57 Warning
26 IgniDash
AI-powered alternative to ProjectionLab for long-term personal finance planning.
54 31 OSI-approved OSS 254 56 Warning
27 mohsinrafique Expense Manager
Open-source personal finance management application for tracking income and expenses.
60 20 OSI-approved OSS 3 55 Warning
28 Poveroh
Open-source personal finance tracking platform.
43 51 OSI-approved OSS 9 53 Warning
29 Suprascribe
Open-source subscription tracker and management platform.
56 21 License unknown 7 52 Warning
30 Financial Freedom
Personal finance app for budgeting and wealth building.
54 14 OSI-approved OSS 2.9k 51 Warning
31 Lake
Personal finance manager with AI and WhatsApp support.
46 25 OSI-approved OSS 20 50 Critical
32 Eclosion
Open-source desktop and web app for Monarch Money integrations.
56 4 OSI-approved OSS 11 49 Warning
33 financial_control
Personal finance control PWA for budgeting and expense tracking.
41 18 License unknown 0 45 Critical
34 zerro
Unofficial ZenMoney client with envelope budgeting superpowers
43 11 OSI-approved OSS 270 44 Critical
35 SubTrackr
Subscription management platform to track recurring payments.
41 7 License unknown 0 43 Critical
36 Housebills
House bills management app.
41 7 License unknown 0 41 Critical
37 Cashew
Budgeting and purchases tracking app.
41 7 OSI-approved OSS 4.4k 40 Critical
38 GoCost
Self-hosted expense tracker focused on anti-subscription budgeting.
29 10 OSI-approved OSS 68 38 Critical
39 Maybe Finance
The personal finance app for everyone
33 0 OSI-approved OSS 54.2k 32 Critical
40 Economizzer
Open Source Personal Finance Manager
28 0 OSI-approved OSS 496 31 Critical
41 CurioPay
Open-source budget tracking app with LLM-powered financial insights.
27 0 OSI-approved OSS 26 31 Critical
42 Paisa
Personal finance manager with a demo site and budgeting workflow.
27 0 OSI-approved OSS 3.2k 29 Critical
43 Tracklet
Open-source personal finance management application with AI-powered insights.
24 0 OSI-approved OSS 7 29 Critical

Evidence Watch

Tracked tools with useful public signals but no verdict score yet.