# Best open source budget management apps > For managing a budget, a self-hosted stack starts with Actual for personal budgeting, Bigcapital for business accounts and Wallos for subscriptions and investments. Each pick was chosen by hand for its job and is shown with GitHub data from October 2026. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | |---|---| | Question | What is the best open source budget management app? | | Picks | 13 | | Top pick | Actual (29,330 stars) | | Data as of | Oct 7, 2026 | | Canonical URL | https://appsgit.com/best/budget-management | Budgeting apps from the catalog, for households and for businesses. Personal tools such as Actual and Firefly III track spending against a budget; business budgets usually live in accounting software, so the second section lists those. ## Personal and household budgeting - [Actual](https://appsgit.com/apps/actual) (29,330 stars, MIT, TypeScript, Docker): Actual has 29,330 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 1,392 commits in the last year; it replaces YNAB and Mint. - [Firefly III](https://appsgit.com/apps/firefly-iii) (24,832 stars, AGPL-3.0, PHP, Docker): Firefly III has 24,832 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 2,574 commits in the last year; it replaces YNAB and Mint. - [Sure](https://appsgit.com/apps/sure) (10,402 stars, AGPL-3.0, Ruby, Docker): Sure has 10,402 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,851 commits in the last year. - [ezbookkeeping](https://appsgit.com/apps/ezbookkeeping) (5,718 stars, MIT, Go, Docker): ezbookkeeping has 5,718 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 827 commits in the last year; it replaces YNAB. - [Budget Board](https://appsgit.com/apps/budget-board) (886 stars, AGPL-3.0, C#, Docker): Budget Board has 886 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 146 commits in the last year; it replaces YNAB and Mint. - [ExpenseOwl](https://appsgit.com/apps/expenseowl) (1,522 stars, MIT, HTML, Docker): ExpenseOwl has 1,522 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and was last updated in October 2025. ## Business budgeting and accounting - [Bigcapital](https://appsgit.com/apps/bigcapital) (3,921 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker): Bigcapital has 3,921 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,005 commits in the last year; it replaces QuickBooks and Xero. - [Akaunting](https://appsgit.com/apps/akaunting) (10,159 stars, BUSL-1.1, source-available, PHP): Akaunting has 10,159 GitHub stars, is source-available under the BSL 1.1 (not an open-source license) and had 518 commits in the last year; it replaces QuickBooks and Xero. - [hledger](https://appsgit.com/apps/hledger) (4,746 stars, GPL-3.0, Haskell, Docker): hledger has 4,746 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,992 commits in the last year. - [Fava](https://appsgit.com/apps/fava) (2,584 stars, MIT, Python): Fava has 2,584 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license and had 198 commits in the last year. - [ERPNext](https://appsgit.com/apps/erpnext) (39,821 stars, GPL-3.0, Python, Docker): ERPNext has 39,821 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 6,664 commits in the last year; it replaces QuickBooks and Square POS. ## Subscriptions and investments - [Wallos](https://appsgit.com/apps/wallos) (8,634 stars, GPL-3.0, PHP, Docker): Wallos has 8,634 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 155 commits in the last year; it replaces YNAB and Mint. - [Ghostfolio](https://appsgit.com/apps/ghostfolio) (9,402 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker): Ghostfolio has 9,402 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,449 commits in the last year; it replaces YNAB and Mint. ## How this list was made - Apps were picked by hand from the appsgit catalog for each job, then checked against the snapshot: unknown or archived projects and projects with no commit in two years are dropped automatically. - Inside each section the curated order is kept, most broadly useful first; an app appears only once on the page. - Stars, license, Docker and activity facts come from the GitHub API as of October 2026. - Source-available apps are labelled; they are not open source, so read their licenses before commercial use. ## FAQ ### Is there a self-hosted YNAB alternative? Actual is a local-first personal finance tool based on zero-sum budgeting, the method YNAB uses. Firefly III also supports budgets and forecasts. ### Can these apps connect to my bank? Some can import bank exports (CSV, OFX) and some support bank sync through third-party services in certain countries. Check each project's documentation for your bank and region. ### Is Actual free? Yes. Actual 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 this stack with Docker? 11 of the 13 apps here publish Docker images, including Actual, Firefly III and Sure, so most of the stack can run side by side with Docker Compose on one server. 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