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Firefly III vs Ocular: catalog facts
Firefly III	Ocular
Free Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0. You provide the hosting.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Budgets, categories, tags, bills and recurring transactions in one place Rules that categorise transactions as they arrive	Single container that is quick to deploy Multi-year budgets with carry-over
A PHP application with a database that you have to run and update Bank imports need a separate companion tool	Budget planning rather than transaction-level bank tracking Export is limited to JSON
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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