Ghostfolio vs HyperSwitch
| Tagline | Wealth dashboard tracking stocks, ETFs, and crypto with privacy in mind | Open payment switch — route traffic across 50+ processors with one API |
| Category | Finance & Budgeting | Finance & Budgeting |
| Replaces | Mint, YNAB | QuickBooks, Mint |
| GitHub stars | 8.8k | 43k |
| Language | Docker | Docker |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 3/5 Moderate | 4/5 Involved |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose Manual | Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | yesterday | today |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Ghostfolio
- No budgeting or expense tracking; purely an investment portfolio tool
- Market data depends on free Yahoo Finance tier, which can be rate-limited or return stale data
- Tax-lot accounting and tax reporting are limited; not a replacement for dedicated tax software
- Import from brokers is manual (CSV) unless you write a custom scraper
HyperSwitch
- Focused on payment routing, not personal or business accounting/budgeting
- Self-hosted setup requires PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka; operational overhead is high
- PCI-DSS compliance responsibility shifts entirely to the operator
- No built-in invoicing, expense tracking, or financial reporting beyond payment analytics
Bottom line
Choose Ghostfolio if you want the lower-effort setup; choose HyperSwitch for the larger community and ecosystem. HyperSwitch has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Ghostfolio
Wealth dashboard tracking stocks, ETFs, and crypto with privacy in mind
HyperSwitch
Open payment switch — route traffic across 50+ processors with one API