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Best foss budget software for both linux and android? (lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looking to start budgeting, I'd like to be able to use it on both android and linux and use syncthing to sync the file. Is there a good solution for that?

it'd be nice if I could easily divide my income into different buckets, add expenses to those buckets, and see how much is remaining in any given bucket for the current month. Less important but still nice would be an easy way to roll surplus into the same bucket for the next month

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Frirefly iii. You will have to self hosted tho. It has a web interface. But Im not sure about mobile

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is there a benefit to hosting a budget over a local file? This one and actual budget go that route but it seems unnecesarily complicated. Is there something I'm missing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Mostly the features. But if you only need/want a basic system, I agree the local file is better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Has a mobile app!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I've just set up Actual Budget and that's pretty much exactly how it works, you'd have to self host it though. It gives you access to a web interface you can access from any device, it's a bit limited on mobile but does work for adding transactions and whatnot.
Failing that, I'm not familiar with one with a good mobile app, although I'm sure there are a few out there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Same here, happy actual user 😁 coming from ynab, it‘s basicalöy the same. Even has most mobile features since the latest release (editing budgets, adding spendings, etc.) :)

Note that its actualbudget.org :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It says it supports local editing, is it possible to just skip their syncing entirely and use syncthing/a local file? I don't have a server to host stuff myself, and don't want to have to buy hosting either. Using a file just seems simpler and more reliable to me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yep, you can also install it locally, though it requires a bit of command line :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ah, so that's what it's based on. Seems the project's GitHub has been pretty active so I'm glad I stumbled upon it when I did.

As for the domain, I didn't realize the distinction but upon closer inspection it'd seem .com points to what used to be the original, commercial version? Thanks for pointing it out!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Homebank ticks both platforms and most the features you're after

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

What android app are you using? There isn't an official one