Firefly III

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

24886 stars · 2337 forks observed · 2026-10-14

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-12, confidence 0.97

Firefly III is a free, open‑source personal finance manager written in PHP. It runs as a self‑hosted web application and provides budgeting, expense tracking, and financial reporting features.

Use cases

• track personal expenses and income
• manage household budgets and financial goals
• import bank statements and credit‑card transactions
• generate detailed financial reports and charts
• categorize and tag transactions for better insight
• set and monitor budget limits across categories

When to choose

• You need a self‑hosted solution that keeps your financial data private.
• You prefer an open‑source tool you can customize or extend.
• You want comprehensive budgeting, reporting, and import capabilities.
• You have a server or Docker environment to run a PHP web app.

When to avoid

• You require a native mobile app with offline sync.
• You prefer a fully managed SaaS solution with zero maintenance.
• You lack the technical skills to set up a PHP/Docker stack.

Facets

application · maturity active

web-framework api-framework database developer-tools php self-hosted personal-finance-manager budgeting expense-tracking open-source agpl-3.0 self-hosted privacy-friendly finance personal-finance docker linux web-server

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