MyFin Budget
Personal finances platform (web + REST API + Android) that'll help you budget, keep track of your income/spending and forecast your financial future.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 31% of tracked projects; popularity more than 16%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 312 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 10.6.0 · 12 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 12 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Nodejs, Docker |
Is MyFin Budget actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 104 commits, of which 50 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 17 commits a month.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 257% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, 10.6.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
MyFin Budget ranks #31 of 43 tracked money, budgeting & management projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What MyFin Budget actually does
MyFin Budget is a self-hosted personal finance platform that includes a web interface, a REST API, and an Android companion. It helps you manage your money, record income and expenditure, and project future financial states. The project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 and relies on a containerised Node.js architecture.
Best fit: It is a suitable option if you want a dedicated, private system to track personal accounts and budgets across both desktop and mobile devices without relying on third-party cloud services.
Worth knowing: With a modest repository footprint and moderate maintenance activity, you may encounter edge cases or need to rely on the community for troubleshooting. It also competes directly with much larger, more established open-source personal finance suites.
Deployment notes
As a Dockerised Node.js application, you will typically need to configure persistent volume storage for your financial data and set up a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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