Alternatives to Fava
Web interface for Beancount ledgers with charts, queries and reports. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Fava
Web interface for Beancount ledgers with charts, queries and reports.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Fava.
Paisa
An open-source personal finance manager built on plain-text ledger files and double-entry accounting.
Paisa is a self-hosted visual dashboard over plain-text ledger files, adding budgeting, investment price updates and tax views, rather than reading Beancount specifically.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Beancount
Plain-text double-entry accounting with a strict, checkable ledger format.
hledger
Plain text accounting: double-entry bookkeeping in a text file you own, with command-line, terminal and web interfaces.
Ledger
The original plain-text double-entry accounting tool for the command line.
GnuCash
Double-entry accounting for personal and small-business finances.
Ghostfolio
A self-hosted wealth dashboard that tracks stocks, ETFs, crypto and cash across platforms and shows what your portfolio is actually made of.
