Calm, private envelope budgeting. Give every coin a job.
Fava
A web interface for plain-text double-entry accounting with budgets and charts.
Money
MIT
Reviewed version b89d5f5
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What it does
Fava is the browser front end for Beancount, a plain-text accounting system. You keep your money records in a text file, and Fava turns it into balance sheets, income statements, budgets, charts and a searchable journal. Your books are plain files you can version and keep forever.
- Balance sheet, income statement and budgets
- Powerful search and queries
- Editable ledger in the browser
- Your data is plain text you control
Great for: People who like owning their financial records as plain text and want good reports on top.
- LicenceMIT
- Where it runsYour computer (free)
- Built withpython, typescript, svelte
- Your dataStays in your own copy
- Sourcebeancount/fava
Ways to use it
Your AI helps you choose, based on what you need, and sets it up with you in plain words.
- On my own computerFreeYour AI installs what it needs and explains each step. It works while your computer is on.
How people are using this project
Examples of what people ask their AI to do with Fava. Start from one, or just tell your AI and it will ask what you'd like.
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“Write an importer that turns my bank's CSV export into Beancount transactions with the right accounts.”
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“Set up categories, monthly budgets and a budget-vs-actual report.”
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“Add a chart extension showing assets and liabilities by month.”
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“Produce a report of deductible spending by category for the tax year.”
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Can I trust it?
- MIT. Free to use, change and share, even commercially. Keep the original copyright notice.
- Your data: stores personal data, on your own device or server. Your Beancount ledger files and any attached documents on disk.
- Other services: none required.
- Reviewed version. Your AI always gets exactly the version we've checked.
- Your ledger shows everything about your money. Run Fava on your own machine or behind a login.
- Fava has no built-in login. Do not expose it to the internet without a reverse proxy that requires one.
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