Akaunting
Budgeting & FinanceFree open-source accounting software online
Replaces QuickBooks, Xero
Best Plugins Budgeting & Finance for self-hosting
The 4 best Plugins budgeting & finance you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Kill Bill
Budgeting & FinanceOpen-source subscription billing platform
Replaces Zuora, Chargebee
Cospend
Budgeting & FinanceNextcloud app for shared budgets and expense splitting
Replaces Splitwise, Tricount
Tryton
Budgeting & FinanceModular three-tier business and accounting platform
Replaces QuickBooks, SAP
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akaunting | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 10,182 |
| Kill Bill | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 2,048 MB | Apache-2.0 | 5,794 |
| Cospend | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 328 |
| Tryton | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 1,024 MB | GPL-3.0 | 230 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Akaunting (10,182 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Cospend (from 256 MB RAM, against 2,048 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 4 use GPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Plugins within the budgeting & finance category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.