Firefly III
Firefly III is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Finance & Budgeting category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in PHP. It is a self-hosted alternative to YNAB and Mint and ships a Docker image. It has 24,998 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 24,998
- Forks
- 2,352
- Open issues
- 172
- Commits, last 12 months
- 2,964
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v6.7.9Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- Jun 28, 2014
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 2,964 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases8 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 2,964 |
| Latest release | v6.7.9 (Oct 11, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 8 |
| Releases, all time | 340 |
| Open issues | 172 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jun 28, 2014 |
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About Firefly III
Firefly III is a modern financial manager. It helps you to keep track of your money and make budget forecasts. It supports credit cards, has an advanced rule engine and can import data from many….
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii.
Topics
- php
- money
- cash-flow
- budget
- php7
- finance
- financial
- budgeting
- credit-card
- docker
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Is Firefly III free and open source?
Yes. Firefly III is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 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 Firefly III with Docker?
Yes. Firefly III provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Firefly III?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Firefly III include HyperSwitch, Actual and Lago. Firefly III itself is a self-hosted alternative to YNAB and Mint.
Is Firefly III actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Firefly III was on Oct 26, 2026 with 2,964 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v6.7.9, published Oct 11, 2026. It had 172 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.