YAFFA

Free, self-hosted personal finance application

About YAFFA

YAFFA is a free, self-hosted personal finance web application for tracking income, expenses, budgets, and investments without connecting to a bank. It consolidates accounts and net worth into one dashboard, visualizes monthly cash flow by category, and supports forecasting for long-term planning. Released under the MIT license, it suits privacy-conscious individuals who want budgeting and financial planning while keeping sensitive data on their own server.

YAFFA website preview

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YAFFA: strengths & things to check

Strengths

Completely free to use — this directory lists no paid plan for it.
Covers personal finance, budgeting, self hosted, open source — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

Free tools can change their model or shut down — avoid locking critical work into it without an export path.
Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
It is one of 2092 tools in the Productivity & Notes category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

YAFFA pricing

Pricing model	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Free access	Yes — fully free
Current plan prices	Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official site	yaffa.cc

YAFFA key facts

Category: Productivity & Notes
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: personal finance, budgeting, self hosted, open source
Official site: yaffa.cc

YAFFA FAQ

How much does YAFFA cost?

Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (yaffa.cc).

What is YAFFA used for?

Free, self-hosted personal finance application Its focus areas in the Productivity & Notes category: personal finance, budgeting, self hosted, open source.

Where can I try YAFFA?

On its official site, yaffa.cc — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

YAFFA vs alternatives

	YAFFA	Budget Board	MyFin Budget	ezBookkeeping
Pricing	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas	personal finance, budgeting, self hosted, open source	budgeting, personal finance, self hosted, open source	budgeting, personal finance, self hosted, open source	bookkeeping, personal finance, self hosted, open source
Official site	yaffa.cc	budgetboard.net	myfinbudget.com	ezbookkeeping.mayswind.net
Directory status	Listed	Listed	Listed	Listed

Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.

About the Productivity & Notes category

Notes, tasks, and project tools that keep you organized and focused. The Productivity & Notes category on Tools Hub currently lists 2092 tools. Alongside YAFFA, it includes Qurate, Rayyan, juntagrico, OpenEMR.

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Tools in the same Productivity & Notes category that share focus areas with YAFFA — worth comparing before you commit:

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