serversideup/financial-freedom

⚠️ Project On Hold - Pursuing Sustainable Self-Funding

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Do not attempt to install this project until this message is removed. It's in the middle of a major refactor and you'll just see a blank screen (we were working on the release process first before we put the project on hold). You can review/fork the code if you'd like to see where we left off.

We have many ideas for Financial Freedom, but we're facing the same headwinds that led Maybe Finance to pause their project. Their post resonated deeply with the challenges we're experiencing.

Here's the reality: To make this project successful, we need working capital to dedicate proper time to development. We're not seeking venture capital or investors. As a two-person bootstrapped team, we're committed to self-funding this project so it doesn't owe anything to anyone.

We're currently building professional products and SaaS services to generate revenue that will fund Financial Freedom's development. The market reality is challenging—competitors like Monarch Money charge $8/mo while likely profiting through other means (stock investments, selling metadata, etc.). Venture-funded companies can keep prices artificially low to squeeze out competition while making money elsewhere. This is exactly why Financial Freedom needs to exist, but it also makes sustainable bootstrapping difficult.

Bottom line:

• This started as a side project that grew faster than expected
• We're determined to build Financial Freedom the right way—self-funded and sustainable
• We won't compromise by taking VC money or selling user data
• We appreciate your patience as we stick to our values and build this project to last

Introduction

Financial Freedom is an open source alternative to Mint, YNAB, and more. With open source at its core, you have the freedom to review exactly what's happening with your data and participate in the improvement of the product.

Break free from third parties tracking every financial footstep you have. Run this application on any device or host that supports Docker -- if that's something like AWS, Digital Ocean, or even your own Raspberry Pi running in your basement.

Here's what you can do right now:

• Watch our progress: Watch us in realtime with GitHub projects.
• Join our Discord: We're actively discussing the product and how to make it better.
• Star us on GitHub: Give us confidence that we're solving a problem that you care about.
• Follow Twitter: We post frequent updates. Check our personal accounts too. (Dan & Jay)
• Sponsor Us: We're a two person, bootstrapped team. Help us replace client projects with more time for open source projects.

Features

Contributing

As an open-source project, we strive for transparency and collaboration in our development process. We greatly appreciate any contributions members of our community can provide. Whether you're fixing bugs, proposing features, improving documentation, or spreading awareness - your involvement strengthens the project. Please review our contribution guidelines and code of conduct to understand how we work together respectfully.

• Bug Report: If you're experiencing an issue while using these images, please create an issue.
• Feature Request: Make this project better by submitting a feature request.
• Documentation: Improve our documentation by submitting a documentation change.
• Community Support: Help others on GitHub Discussions or Discord.
• Security Report: Report critical security issues via our responsible disclosure policy.

Need help getting started? Join our Discord community and we'll help you out!

Our Sponsors

All of our software is free an open to the world. None of this can be brought to you without the financial backing of our sponsors.

Individual Supporters

About Us

We're Dan and Jay - a two person team with a passion for open source products. We created Server Side Up to help share what we learn.

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• 📖 Blog - get the latest guides and free courses on all things web/mobile development.
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• 💻 GitHub - check out our other open source projects
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• 🐥 Twitter - you can also follow Dan and Jay
• ❤️ Sponsor Us - please consider sponsoring us so we can create more helpful resources

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