Actual vs Firefly III
Both are self-hosted money, budgeting & management projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.
| Actual | Firefly III | |
|---|---|---|
| Health score | 85/100 | 91/100 |
| Commits (11 mo) | 1398 | 2309 |
| Commits (last 3 mo) | 342 | 607 |
| Stars | 29k | 25k |
| Latest release | 1 Sept 2026 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Nodejs, Docker | PHP, Docker |
| Typical RAM | 2 GB | 1 GB |
Actual
Local-first personal finance tool based on zero-sum budgeting, supporting synchronization across devices, custom rules, manual transaction importing (from QIF, OFX, and QFX files), and optional automatic synchronization with many banks.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 85% of tracked projects; popularity more than 91%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
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 banks.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 91% of tracked projects; popularity more than 90%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
How to read this
Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.
What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.
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