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Buckets

Offline-first envelope budgeting desktop app

Budgeting & Finance ★ 198 stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

Buckets is an envelope-style budgeting application for Windows, macOS, and Linux built with Electron/TypeScript. Budgets are stored in a local file, bank statements can be imported, and it works fully offline. Its source code is published in the buckets/application repository.

Key features

  • Bucket-based envelope budgeting
  • Offline-first desktop app
  • Bank statement import
  • Self-hostable sync

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Flexible budgeting model
  • Privacy-focused

Trade-offs

  • Sync setup is manual
  • Smaller community

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