• Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      3 months ago

      I’ve been using this for a while now, and can also vouch for it.

      I made a small python script that takes CSV files and digests them for actual, and then actual does its thing and converts them into an sqlite database stored locally within my encrypted home directory.

      It’s amazing.

    • TrumpetX@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      3 months ago

      I’ll second actual budget!

      It’s like Mint with no ads and data privacy. There are other budgeting tools that can be better, but if you’re just after tracking and less about expense planning, this works well. Also compares well to YNAB with similar configuration options there if you go that route.

  • cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    3 months ago

    I do plain text accounting with ledger-cli. Nice and future-proof, and I can easily build stuff on top of it. Other examples are plain text accounting software is hledger and beancounter, the latter which is known to have a pretty good Python-ecosystem surrounding it.

  • Matth78@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    3 months ago

    My Expenses is what I used. Before that it was an excel sheet! Simple, allow to reconcile with bank.

    Back then no other app allowed that. All seemed to want to show you dashboard. Nice but IMHO the basics : adding transactions and reconcile them should be nailed.
    But I am curious about others suggestions if there is any better one!

    One thing I’d like an app to have (on Android) is being able to input planned expenses (which will be auto created when month begin) where I can see for an expense all planned expenses for current year in a column and in another column last year or current year with real expenses.

  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    3 months ago

    I use a spreadsheet on the computer. Not elegant, and not convenient, but tailored to what I want. I manually put in my income and expenses, and have a separate page for the recurring stuff.

    Tip for anyone who does similar, for recurring items (budget or bills), give each month (or whatever your budget period is) it’s own column. That way if something’s price changes mid-year, or changes each month (credit cards) it doesn’t mess with the totals for the previous months. It also allows for more periodic stuff to fit in the same sheet, just put 0 for the months its not due.

  • pogodem0n@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    3 months ago

    Ivy Wallet. While it is unmaintained as of recently, it is pretty much feature-complete and I really like its UI.