Budge (Kresus) vs OpenBB Terminal
| Tagline | Self-hosted personal finance manager with automatic bank sync and rich analytics | Open-source investment research platform with data from dozens of financial providers |
| Category | Finance & Budgeting | Finance & Budgeting |
| Replaces | Mint, YNAB | QuickBooks |
| GitHub stars | 900 | 33k |
| Language | TypeScript | Python |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | Docker Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 1 month ago | 1 month ago |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Budge (Kresus)
- Bank sync via Woob covers mainly French and European banks
- Not suitable for invoicing or business accounting
- Smaller community means fewer community importers for exotic banks
OpenBB Terminal
- Many premium data providers require paid API keys
- Workspace UI (cloud) has more features than the self-hosted terminal
- Not a budgeting tool; focused on market research, not personal finance
Bottom line
Both are a similar lift to self-host; choose OpenBB Terminal for the larger community and ecosystem. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Budge (Kresus)
Self-hosted personal finance manager with automatic bank sync and rich analytics
OpenBB Terminal
Open-source investment research platform with data from dozens of financial providers