Product updates, guides for self-hosting your finances, and longer-form thinking on envelope budgeting.
A fair comparison of six open-source budgeting apps: Trout, Actual Budget, Firefly III, Maybe Finance, Paisa, and GnuCash. What each does well, where each falls short, and who each one is for.
A free, self-hosted envelope budgeting app with AI assistant, 2,500+ European bank connections, crypto tracking, and multi-currency support. No subscription. No data sharing.
Step-by-step guide to deploying Trout on your own server with Docker Compose. Covers installation, configuration, bank sync setup, backups, and troubleshooting.
An honest feature-by-feature comparison between Trout (free, self-hosted) and YNAB ($99/year, cloud-hosted). We cover budgeting, bank sync, privacy, mobile apps, and where each one wins.