Budget Board
A simple app for tracking monthly spending and working towards financial goals.
Open source alternative to:
A simple, self-hosted alternative to Mint for tracking monthly spending and working toward your financial goals.
👉 GitHub Repository
⭐ Highlights
- Open-source project licensed under GPL-3.0
- 334 stars and 26 forks on GitHub (as of Sept 2025)
- Built with C#, .NET, TypeScript, and React
🚀 Why Budget Board?
With Mint shutting down, Budget Board was created to fill the gap—offering a self-hosted, private, and customizable budgeting tool.
“The interface should feel familiar if you’ve used Mint. … much of the core design is similar.”
— User feedback on Reddit
📊 Core Features
Data Aggregation
- Sync bank account data automatically with SimpleFIN
- Import transactions manually via CSV files
- Add accounts or transactions by hand
Dashboard
- Overview of your accounts and spending in one clean interface
Transactions
- Categorize with categories & subcategories
- Create rules for automatic classification
Budgets
- Set monthly budgets per category
- View multi-month aggregates and net cash flow
- Drill down into trends and linked transactions
Goals
- Track savings or debt payoff goals
- Estimate completion dates based on contributions or timelines
- Include interest rates in calculations
Trends
- Visualize spending, net cash flow, assets, liabilities, and net worth over time
Repository details
Updated 3/28/2026, 11:00:24 AM
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