# FinBodhi

8 Hacker News commenters recommended FinBodhi and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a local-first, end-to-end encrypted double-entry finance app that syncs across devices and keeps your data private. Critics note it did not work in Firefox.

## Why people recommend it

- Local-first; you own your data (5 comments): "You own your financial data. It's local-first, syncs across devices, and everything's encrypted in transit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747425)) "It’s local-first, syncs across devices, and everything’s encrypted in transit." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46270457)) "It’s local-first, syncs across devices, and everything’s encrypted in transit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941715))
- End-to-end encrypted; builders can't access data (4 comments): "You own your financial data. It's local-first, syncs across devices, and everything's encrypted in transit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747425)) "Looks cool! I've had a hard time finding personal finance apps that are e2ee, so this is great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941879)) "Very interesting and loved Opensource projects with focus on end-to-end encryption" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45800923))
- Syncs across devices (3 comments): "You own your financial data. It's local-first, syncs across devices, and everything's encrypted in transit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747425)) "It’s local-first, syncs across devices, and everything’s encrypted in transit." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46270457)) "It’s local-first, syncs across devices, and everything’s encrypted in transit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941715))
- Matches what people were looking for (2 comments): "Looks cool! I've had a hard time finding personal finance apps that are e2ee, so this is great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941879)) "sounds like exactly what I've been looking for" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47305369))

## What people warn about

- Demo did not work in Firefox (2 comments): "The demo didn't work in Firefox." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47306015)) "its not working on firefox" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45801491))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Actual Budget](https://hackerapproved.com/p/actual-budget.md): 29 recommend
- [Monarch Money](https://hackerapproved.com/p/monarch-money.md): 17 recommend
- [YNAB](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ynab.md): 17 recommend
- [Quicken](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quicken.md): 10 recommend
- [Tiller Finance](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tiller.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "FinBodhi", https://hackerapproved.com/p/finbodhi/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).