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"Firefly III" is a (self-hosted) manager for your personal finances.

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"Firefly III" is a (self-hosted) manager for your personal finances. It can help you keep track of your expenses and income, so you can spend less and save more. Firefly III supports the use of budgets, categories and tags. Using a bunch of external tools, you can import data. It also has many neat financial reports available.

Platform availability

Available on 6 of 6 install platforms

Also on Docker Hub and GitHub

Health score

53/100 Fair

Maintained
46last commit 267 days ago
Popular
49296 GitHub stars
Easy to install
504 install platforms, Docker image
Light to run
801 GB minimum RAM, runs on ARM
How is this calculated?

A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 7 days ago

GitHub stars
296
Open issues
2
Last commit
2026-01-11
Latest release
firefly-5.0.1
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
stale

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (hypercube1024/firefly)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 1 GB RAM. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 7 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

No first-install notes yet.

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Checked 4 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Can I install Firefly III on my own web server?

Yes. The documentation has a self-managed server guide for installing Firefly III on your own web server.

How can I import existing financial data into Firefly III?

Use the Data Importer, and see the documentation's data import section.

Where can I find a guide for setting up my first bank accounts?

The tutorials include a guide for setting up your first set of bank accounts.

Answers sourced from docs.firefly-iii.org, docs.firefly-iii.org

Community

Collected yesterday - public community threads