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 | 339 | 72k |
| 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 | 2 days ago | 11 days 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. Budge (Kresus) has seen more recent development. 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