Fava
Fava is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Accounting & Invoicing category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Python. It has 2,590 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,590
- Forks
- 418
- Open issues
- 75
- Commits, last 12 months
- 238
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- nightlyOct 23, 2026
- Created
- Dec 4, 2015
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 238 commits in 12 months.
- Welcomes contributors31 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 238 |
| Latest release | nightly (Oct 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 1 |
| Open issues | 75 |
| Open pull requests | 14 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Dec 4, 2015 |
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About Fava
Web frontend of Beancount, a text based double-entry accounting system.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/beancount/fava.
Topics
- beancount
- plaintext-accounting
- ledger
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Is Fava free and open source?
Yes. Fava is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Fava with Docker?
Fava does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Python), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Fava?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Fava include Odoo, ERPNext and Aureus ERP.
Is Fava actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Fava was on Oct 25, 2026 with 238 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is nightly, published Oct 23, 2026. It had 75 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.