Firefly III vs Renewlet

Comparing two open source alternatives to Rocket Money. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Firefly III

AGPL-3.0

Free and open-source personal finance manager with double-entry bookkeeping, budgets, and bank import support.

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Renewlet

MIT

Self-hosted subscription tracker with timezone-aware reminders, budgets, spending insights, and ten notification channels.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Firefly III	Renewlet
License	AGPL-3.0	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	24,864	274
Forks	2,327	66
Open Issues	156	2
Last Commit	Oct 10, 2026	Oct 10, 2026
First Released	Jun 28, 2014	May 17, 2026
Categories	Budgeting Apps	Budgeting Apps
Tags	#budgeting #personal finance #money	#subscription-tracker #budgeting #calendar

GitHub stars over time

Firefly III

Renewlet274

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