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OpenBudgeteer vs Ocular: catalog facts
OpenBudgeteer	Ocular
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Envelope-style bucket budgeting similar to YNAB Supports MySQL or MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite	Single container that is quick to deploy Multi-year budgets with carry-over
Some documentation sections are still in progress Requires running your own server	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
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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