Firefly III
Firefly III is a modern financial manager. It helps you to keep track of your money and make budget forecasts. It supports credit cards, has an advanced rule engine and can import data from many banks.
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Still maintained? Yes: 933 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v6.7.9 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Mint.
At a glance
Firefly III quick facts
- Health score
- 98/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 25,040
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v6.7.9, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Firefly III
Full rankings: Mint alternatives
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Firefly III scores 98/100, #3 of 43 in Money, Budgeting & Management: 933 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v6.7.9, 19 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 25,040 stars add 17.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 2.4 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
933 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v6.7.9 released 19 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 17.6 / 20
25k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 933
- Last 90 days
- 2,588
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 43 tools in Money, Budgeting & Management by health , between Actual (#2) and Ghostfolio (#4) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker |
| Latest release | v6.7.9 · 19 days ago |
| Stars | 25,040 |
| Open issues | 178 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | firefly-iii/firefly-iii ↗ |
Firefly III vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Firefly III (Money, Budgeting & Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | 98 | 30k | MIT | today |
| Firefly III (this tool) | 98 | 25k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Ghostfolio | 96 | 9.6k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| MyFin Budget | 90 | 316 | GPL-3.0 | 6 days ago |
| Expensave | 87 | 58 | GPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| YAFFA | 78 | 114 | MIT | yesterday |
Firefly III: common questions
What does Firefly III replace?
Repoly lists Firefly III as an open-source alternative to Mint. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Firefly III stands against the others.
Is Firefly III still maintained?
Firefly III had 933 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v6.7.9, is from 19 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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