"Firefly III" is a (self-hosted) manager for your personal finances. It can help you keep track of your expenses and income, so you can spend less and save more. Firefly III supports the use of budgets, categories and tags. It can import data from external sources and it has many neat financial reports available.
Firefly III should give you **insight** into and **control** over your finances. Money should be useful, not scary. You should be able to *see* where it is going, to *feel* your expenses and to... wow, I'm going overboard with this aren't I?
But you get the idea: this is your money. These are your expenses. Stop them from controlling you. I built this tool because I started to dislike money. Having money, not having money, paying bills with money, you get the idea. But no more. I want to feel "safe", whatever my balance is. And I hope this tool can help you. I know it helps me.
Personal financial management is pretty difficult, and everybody has their own approach to it. Some people make budgets, other people limit their cashflow by throwing away their credit cards, others try to increase their current cashflow. There are tons of ways to save and earn money. Firefly III works on the principle that if you know where your money is going, you can stop it from going there.
By keeping track of your expenses and your income you can budget accordingly and save money. Stop living from paycheck to paycheck but give yourself the financial wiggle room you need.
* There is a [Docker image](https://docs.firefly-iii.org/installation/docker) and an [Heroku script](https://docs.firefly-iii.org/installation/third_parties).
This application is for people who want to track their finances, keep an eye on their money **without having to upload their financial records to the cloud**. You're a bit tech-savvy, you like open source software and you don't mind tinkering with (self-hosted) servers.
4. You can [install it using Softaculous](https://softaculous.com/). These guys even have made [another demo site](https://www.softaculous.com/softaculous/apps/others/Firefly_III)!
Your help is always welcome! Feel free to open issues, ask questions, talk about it and discuss this tool. I've created several social media accounts and I invite you to follow them, tweet at them and post to them. There's [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/FireflyIII/) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Firefly_III).
Of course, there are some [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/blob/master/.github/contributing.md) and a [code of conduct](https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/blob/master/.github/code_of_conduct.md), which I invite you to check out.
I can always use your help [squashing bugs](https://docs.firefly-iii.org/support/contribute#bugs), thinking about [new features](https://docs.firefly-iii.org/support/contribute#feature-requests) or [translating Firefly III](https://docs.firefly-iii.org/support/contribute#translations) into other languages.
OK that was a joke. You can donate using [PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=44UKUT455HUFA) or [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/jc5).
I'm also very proud to be a part of the **[GitHub Sponsors Program](https://github.com/sponsors/JC5)**. Use their program if you can; they'll double your donation!
This work [is licensed](https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/blob/master/LICENSE) under the [GNU Affero General Public License v3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html).
You can contact me at [james@firefly-iii.org](mailto:james@firefly-iii.org), you may open an issue or contact me through the various social media pages there are: [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/FireflyIII/) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Firefly_III).
