BudgetBee vs Firefly III

Comparing two open source alternatives to Mint and Monarch Money and Rocket Money and Quicken and Copilot Money. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

BudgetBee

MIT

BudgetBee is a Docker-based, self-hosted personal finance manager. Track expenses, budgets, accounts, savings goals, and net worth with full data ownership and zero subscriptions.

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Firefly III

AGPL-3.0

Free and open-source personal finance manager with double-entry bookkeeping, budgets, and bank import support.

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Side-by-side comparison

	BudgetBee	Firefly III
License	MIT	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	646	24,817
Forks	27	2,316
Open Issues	19	158
Last Commit	Oct 2, 2026	Oct 4, 2026
First Released	Jun 28, 2023	Jun 28, 2014
Categories	Budgeting Apps	Budgeting Apps
Tags	#budgeting #finance #self hosted	#budgeting #personal finance #money

GitHub stars over time

BudgetBee646

Firefly III

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