Actual Budget
Budgeting & FinanceLocal-first envelope budgeting app
Replaces YNAB, Mint
Best Cross-Platform Budgeting & Finance for self-hosting
The 17 best Cross-Platform budgeting & finance you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Wealthfolio
Budgeting & FinancePrivacy-focused desktop investment portfolio tracker
Replaces Personal Capital, Sharesight
BTCPay Server
Budgeting & FinanceBitcoin and other cryptocurrencies payment processor
Hospitable Ledger
Budgeting & FinancePlain-text accounting toolkit and CLI
Replaces QuickBooks, Quicken
GnuCash
Budgeting & FinanceFree desktop accounting for individuals and businesses
Replaces Quicken, QuickBooks
Portfolio Performance
Budgeting & FinanceOpen-source desktop tool for tracking investment portfolio performance
Replaces Sharesight, Personal Capital
Money Manager Ex
Budgeting & FinanceFree cross-platform personal finance manager
Replaces Quicken, Mint
Budget Zero
Budgeting & FinanceSelf-hosted zero-based budgeting tool
Replaces YNAB, Mint
SHKeeper
Budgeting & FinanceCryptocurrency payment processor with the unique combination
REI3
Budgeting & FinanceManage tasks, time, assets and much more within your business
Family Accounting Tool
Budgeting & FinanceWeb-based finance management tool for partners with partially shared
Skrooge
Budgeting & FinancePersonal finance manager for the KDE desktop
Replaces Quicken
Buckets
Budgeting & FinanceOffline-first envelope budgeting desktop app
Replaces YNAB, Mint
DePay
Budgeting & FinanceAccept Web3 Payments directly into your wallet
YAFFA
Budgeting & FinancePersonal finance web application, that can be used to keep track
Mybucks.online
Budgeting & FinanceSecure, browser-based, password-only self-custodial cryptocurrency
Pancake
Budgeting & FinanceOnline invoicing, project management, time tracking and proposal
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Budget | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 29,477 |
| Wealthfolio | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 9,175 |
| BTCPay Server | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 7,794 |
| Hospitable Ledger | Read-the-docs project | Hard | 64 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 6,053 |
| GnuCash | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 256 MB | GPL-2.0 | 4,376 |
| Portfolio Performance | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | EPL-1.0 | 4,100 |
| Money Manager Ex | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | GPL-2.0 | 2,279 |
| Budget Zero | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | GPL-3.0 | 657 |
| SHKeeper | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 631 |
| REI3 | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 583 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Actual Budget (29,477 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Hospitable Ledger (from 64 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 6 of 17 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Cross-Platform within the budgeting & finance category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.
Keep exploring
Head-to-head: Cross-Platform budgeting & finance
- Actual Budget vs Buckets
- Actual Budget vs Money Manager Ex
- Actual Budget vs Budget Zero
- Buckets vs Money Manager Ex
- Buckets vs Budget Zero
- GnuCash vs Hospitable Ledger
- GnuCash vs Money Manager Ex
- GnuCash vs Skrooge
- Hospitable Ledger vs Money Manager Ex
- Hospitable Ledger vs Skrooge
- Money Manager Ex vs Budget Zero
- Money Manager Ex vs Skrooge