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Buckets

Offline-first envelope budgeting desktop app

Budgeting & Finance ★ 197 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.

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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

Is Buckets secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Buckets's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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