"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. Here are some screenshots:
[](https://firefly-iii.org/static/screenshots/4.7.0/index.png) [](https://firefly-iii.org/static/screenshots/4.7.0/account.png)
[](https://firefly-iii.org/static/screenshots/4.7.0/budget.png) [](https://firefly-iii.org/static/screenshots/4.7.0/category.png)
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 you're 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.
* You can store, edit and remove [withdrawals, deposits and transfers](http://firefly-iii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/transactions.html). This allows you full financial management
* Save towards a goal using [piggy banks](http://firefly-iii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced/piggies.html)
* Predict and anticipate [bills](http://firefly-iii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced/bills.html)
* View income / expense [reports](http://firefly-iii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced/reports.html)
* [Rule based](http://firefly-iii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced/rules.html) transaction handling with the ability to create your own rules.
* The ability to [export data](http://firefly-iii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/import/export.html) so you can move to another system.
* The ability to [import data](http://firefly-iii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/import/csv.html) so you can move _from_ another system.
* Organize expenses using [tags](http://firefly-iii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/tags.html)
* 2 factor authentication for extra security 🔒
* Supports any currency you want, including [crypto currencies](http://firefly-iii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/currencies.html) such as ₿itcoin and Ξthereum
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.
6. You can [install it using Softaculous](https://softaculous.com/). These guys even have made [another demo site](http://www.softaculous.com/softaculous/apps/others/Firefly_III)!
7. You can [install it using AMPPS](https://www.ampps.com/)
5.*Even more options are on the way!*
### Update your instance
Make sure you check for updates regularly. Your Firefly III instance will ask you to do this. Upgrade instructions can be found with the installation instructions.
## Contribute
Your help is always welcome! Feel free to open issues, ask questions, talk about it and discuss this tool. I've create 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/), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Firefly_III) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/FireflyIII/) just to start. It's not very active but it's a start!
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.
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 it, not having, paying bills with it, etc. But no more. I want to feel "safe", whatever my balance is. And I hoop this tool can help. I know it helps me.
You can contact me at [thegrumpydictator@gmail.com](mailto:thegrumpydictator@gmail.com), you may open an issue or contact me through the various social media pages there are: [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/FireflyIII/), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Firefly_III) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/FireflyIII/).
Over time, [many people have contributed to Firefly III](https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/graphs/contributors).
We use [SemVer](http://semver.org/) for versioning. For the versions available, see [the tags](https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/tags) on this repository.
If you like Firefly III and if it helps you save lots of money, why not send me [a dime for every dollar saved](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=44UKUT455HUFA) (this is a joke, although the Paypal form works just fine, try it!)
If you are looking for alternatives, check out [Kickball's Awesome-Selfhosted list](https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted) which features not only Firefly III but also noteworthy alternatives such as [Silverstrike](https://github.com/agstrike/silverstrike).
