# Wealthfolio

32 Hacker News commenters recommended Wealthfolio and 11 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open-source investment tracker praised for its polished design and for keeping financial data out of third-party hands; critics say automatic account syncing and documentation are lacking.

## Why people recommend it

- Polished, professional design and UI (6 comments): "I just want to also commend you on the UI/UX here, it looks and feels really solid." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46006442)) "The layout and color scheme look professional, trustworthy, tried and true" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46008919)) "The wealthfolio is just... very pleasant to look at." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46007832))
- Keeps financial data off third-party apps (2 comments): "This is really cool and kind of what I'm looking for since trusting my account details to some app gives me heartburn." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46008611)) "the makers of this particular product don't have a ton of my financial information" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46006822))
- Open source with your own API keys (3 comments): "I love how this is open-source and the add-on model reminds me of Obsidian" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46007940)) "This is awesome. Thank you for sharing and making it open-source!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46008922)) "I love that you can provide your own API keys for anything." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46029369))

## What people warn about

- No automatic brokerage account syncing (4 comments): "I personally wouldn't want to switch to anything self-hosted unless it provided automated syncing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46008329)) "Love the idea, but really need some form of access to API's for the big brokerages and apps" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46008846)) "they should at least support Plaid to get your account information and pull it in locally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46007000))
- Hard to add accounts at first (3 comments): "Without that onboarding the tool becomes a headache and what I already have is good enough." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46013215)) "I couldn't figure out how to add the very first thing successfully." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46007158)) "usability sucks. I can't figure out how to add anything." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46010419))
- Modals cut off on screen (2 comments): "the modals (add account etc) aren't scrollable and cutoff the bottom of my screen, making them pretty much unusable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46008514)) "modals (add account etc) aren't scrollable and cutoff the bottom of my screen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46006607))
- Documentation is incomplete (2 comments): "There is a few problems with the site docs, the app image for linux (missing libs) and docker instructions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46007781)) "This doesn't appear to be documented" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46010751))

## Cite as

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