A self-hosted budgeting app for people who plan month by month. Save the bills and income that repeat, update real spending as life happens, and keep your accounts, backups, and updates under your control.
Add accounts, save recurring transactions, create or clone the month, pull in the repeating pieces, then update the real activity as it happens. The app gives you a sequence to follow instead of a blank spreadsheet and a vague sense that something is missing.
Snapshots, linked entry activity, projected balances, credit card payoff progress, and account movement drilldowns keep the budget connected to the accounts you actually use.
Use manual entries, CSV imports, and account snapshots when you want to understand the numbers without connecting live bank accounts.
Grouped, full-list, calendar, breakdown, cash-flow, and Plan and Edit views let you review the same month from different angles without losing context.
Versioned JSON exports, optional backup encryption, import previews, and sample backup files make recovery and migration part of the product instead of an afterthought.
The overview keeps quick actions, recent months, account movement, and review prompts close so returning users know what to do without relearning the app.
Save the repeating parts once, then create or clone months from paychecks, bills, subscriptions, payment plans, and card settings.
Use grouped, full-list, calendar, and Plan and Edit views to add one-offs, update actual amounts, mark items paid, and keep decisions current.
Snapshots, projected balances, credit card progress, and account movement drilldowns make the budget explainable from the entries behind each total.
Save pay schedules, subscriptions, monthly bills, payment plans, and card settings once. Build the recurring backbone of the month without typing the same budget over and over.
Use timeline, full-list, calendar, breakdown, monthly flow, account movement, and plan-and-edit views to understand the same month from the angle you need right now.
Add one-off entries manually, use a guided wizard, or edit entries and recurring items in modal flows that keep your place when you are moving quickly through the month.
Link recurring items to the accounts they affect, track balance snapshots in the same place, and review account movement, projected balances, and credit card payoff progress from the entries behind each month.
Use the Overview check-in and financial rhythm choice during signup or in settings to keep the next useful action visible without turning setup into a long questionnaire.
Export versioned JSON backups, include workflow preferences, encrypt them with a password, preview imports before restore, and inspect a sample backup before trusting your own data to the process.
Estimate card payments after the rest of the month is visible so payoff decisions are grounded in the actual plan, not guesswork from day one.
Add the checking, savings, cards, loans, and other balances you care about so the rest of the month has real account context, projected balances, and payoff progress instead of generic categories floating on their own.
Store the paychecks, bills, subscriptions, debt payments, and card settings you expect so the next month starts from something solid.
Create a new month or clone a recent one, then add the recurring items you already saved instead of rebuilding it from memory.
Add one-off costs, update actual amounts, mark items paid, and use the month views to see what is still realistic before the month gets away from you.
Get the important balances and account names in place so the rest of the budget can connect to real life.
Keep the monthly basics reusable so future months are faster and more consistent.
Start fresh or clone what already worked, then pull in the recurring pieces you want.
Update real spending, mark items paid, and use the visuals to see what the month can actually support.
ghcr.io/taimoorq/expense_tracker:v0.7.3 for repeatable production deploys.People, households, and small private groups who already think in monthly cycles and want a repeatable way to plan, review, and preserve their own financial records.
Anyone who wants automatic bank connections, a hosted phone-first budgeting service, investment advice, tax advice, or a service that manages the app, server, and backups for them.
No. Expense Tracker is a self-hosted app. You can clone the repository and run it yourself, or deploy a published release image from GitHub Container Registry or Docker Hub.
A spreadsheet can work, but it usually makes you rebuild the same setup every month. Expense Tracker gives you reusable recurring transactions, month cloning, guided entry flows, account movement, balance snapshots, backups, and review screens built around the monthly budgeting loop.
It supports month creation and cloning, recurring transactions, guided Plan and Edit actions, guided and manual entry editing, Budget and Breakdown review flows, backup and restore, Overview guidance, snapshot-based account balances, account movement drilldowns, and credit card payoff progress.
Self-hosting lets you keep the app database, backups, account labels, imports, and access controls in your own environment. It also makes the product usable without bank-link credentials or a hosted budgeting account.
Use versioned Docker images for repeatable deploys, or pull the latest source checkout if you run from git. The README explains both flows, and the app shows release notes plus GitHub update prompts when a newer release is available.
Yes. The app includes a dedicated Backup & Restore area for versioned JSON exports, optional encrypted backups, workflow preference exports, import previews, and sample backup files that show what a restore expects.
No. The workflow is built around manual accounts and imported CSV activity. That keeps the tool usable without bank integrations and makes self-hosting simpler.
The operator of the installation is responsible for hosting, storage, backups, access control, and any privacy disclosures for that deployment.
Start locally from the repository, or deploy a pinned release image when you are ready for a longer-running install. The docs walk through setup order, the monthly workflow, backup behavior, and update guidance.
Local path: clone the repo and run docker compose up --build. Production path: pin a release image from GHCR or Docker Hub, then follow the README update flow when new releases land.