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I don't fully understand how/why you guys selfhost some apps (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by dafuccdoyoumean@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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I don't have a home server yet but I'm exploring and sometimes I get confused about some posts here.

For example I saw a post asking for recommendation for a "self hosted budget management app". Can't you just install this type of app to your phone or pc? What's the purpose here, will you host it and access it from a browser? Or do you only want to backup its data to your server?

I hope I don't sound stupid please enlighten me.

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[–] bflobrad@alien.top 2 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Mint is probably the largest budget app out there and they just announced that they will be going away at the end of this year. Many of us have years of data in Mint that we are about to lose.

Experience has taught me to avoid depending on third party services for something I could self-host.

[–] KingQuin@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (6 children)

What selfhosted app do you recommend for budget?

[–] bflobrad@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I don't have a replacement yet, but I plan to look at Firefly III.

[–] oxymo@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Firefly is great, and I’m still on an older version that just works. Takes some effort to get imports auto classified, but once you do it’s stupid fast to categorize your spending and see trends.

[–] icheerforvillains@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

My wife loooooves when I spend my evening going through my latest batch of unclassified firefly transactions. But the perfect pie chart is worth it.

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