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Paisa

Personal finance tracker with privacy-first plain text accounting.

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LicenseAGPL-3.0
GitHub stars1.5k
Last commit1 weeks ago
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ClojurePlain Text AccountingLedgerPrivacyProductivityPersonal Finance
Overview

Why consider Paisa?

Paisa is an open-source personal finance management web interface built on ledger plain text accounting. It features investment breakdowns, interactive heatmaps, budget goals, and multi-currency registers.

Guided learning

Learn Paisa by building

Practical setup notes, real use cases, and copy-ready examples in one focused guide.

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Overview of Paisa

Paisa combines the reliability of Plain Text Accounting (Ledger/Hledger) with a modern web dashboard and interactive financial charts.

Installation

bash
1# Run with Docker
2docker run -d \
3 --name paisa \
4 -p 7500:7500 \
5 -v $(pwd)/ledger:/data \
6 ananthakumaran/paisa:latest

Paisa is licensed under the GNU AGPL-3.0 license.

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Paisa FAQs

Paisa is listed as a Developer Tools tool on TiloBox. Review the overview, features, and official documentation on this page to decide whether it solves your specific workflow.

Start with the project's GitHub repository and official website for supported installation and deployment instructions. Test the setup with representative data or a small project before rolling it out more widely.

Paisa is listed under the AGPL-3.0 license. Read the complete license text and the project's notices before using, modifying, or distributing the software.

Production readiness depends on your requirements. Review maintenance activity, security practices, documentation, backup and upgrade procedures, and compatibility with your stack; then validate it in a non-production environment.

Paisa is listed as an alternative to YNAB. Compare the core workflow, deployment model, integrations, and licensing against your must-have requirements before switching.