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member since 25 Jul 2023 17:45
I’ve been trying to get my finances in order for a while. I’ve been looking up different software to help me budget, but I can’t find privacy respecting software besides Firefly III, which is self hosted. I usually try to find a few options then evaluate from there, but was wondering if you guys had any recommendations to throw in the mix!
I did write my initial post like Im starting from nowhere. I do appreciate trying to get me in on the basics!
I have a few more accounts than would fit on a notepad, but I appreciate the sentiment.
I completely disagree, to be honest. I don’t understand how making a budget has a necessary prerequisite of manually inputting and categorizing transactions into a spreadsheet, or how that builds character in a way that’s relevant to saving money. I want a program because my finances became more complicated recently and I don’t have time to input my transactions from my bank into a spreadsheet and categorize them every day.
I don’t have a process right now because my finances got more complicated recently. I figured I’d ask so that I can make a process!
I would agree, but when I’ve sat down to make a spreadsheet it just seems like inputting and categorizing my different transactions manually is a chore. I just want to have something categorize and bin it into necessities, saving, and then see how much off the top I can spend per day. Usually if I have a dollar goal per day or week it makes it really easy for me to budget. Now that my finances are more complicated, its harder to get to that point with just a spreadsheet.
Thanks for the big list! I’ll definitely look through those options.
What’s komodo? I’m thinking of starting a home server so learning how to harden/automate updates (which is what it sounds like you’re saying) is what I want to learn.