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Wealthfolio

Investment tracker in Money & business

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.

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.

43 people gave an opinion

recommend it
32
criticize it
11
approval share
74%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 2 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 32 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
  • 2.9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Polished, professional design and UI

    “I just want to also commend you on the UI/UX here, it looks and feels really solid.”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

    “The layout and color scheme look professional, trustworthy, tried and true”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

    “The wealthfolio is just... very pleasant to look at.”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”
  • Keeps financial data off third-party apps

    “This is really cool and kind of what I'm looking for since trusting my account details to some app gives me heartburn.”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

    “the makers of this particular product don't have a ton of my financial information”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”
  • Open source with your own API keys

    “I love how this is open-source and the add-on model reminds me of Obsidian”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

    “This is awesome. Thank you for sharing and making it open-source!”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

    “I love that you can provide your own API keys for anything.”

    Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

What people warn about

Each mark is one comment

  • No automatic brokerage account syncing

    “I personally wouldn't want to switch to anything self-hosted unless it provided automated syncing”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

    “Love the idea, but really need some form of access to API's for the big brokerages and apps”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

    “they should at least support Plaid to get your account information and pull it in locally”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”
  • Hard to add accounts at first

    “Without that onboarding the tool becomes a headache and what I already have is good enough.”

    Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

    “I couldn't figure out how to add the very first thing successfully.”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

    “usability sucks. I can't figure out how to add anything.”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”
  • Modals cut off on screen

    “the modals (add account etc) aren't scrollable and cutoff the bottom of my screen, making them pretty much unusable”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

    “modals (add account etc) aren't scrollable and cutoff the bottom of my screen”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”
  • Documentation is incomplete

    “There is a few problems with the site docs, the app image for linux (missing libs) and docker instructions.”

    Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

    “This doesn't appear to be documented”

    Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

What people said

39 of the 45 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“If you're interested in finance and investment tracking”

RecommendsComment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Any Open Source projects in need of documentation writer?”

“it doesn't incorporate the historic price of stocks”

CriticizesComment from 3 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“I love that you can provide your own API keys for anything.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“That’s really the killer feature for this imo.”

RecommendsComment from 23 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“for someone who moves investments more frequently, Wealthfolio looks awesome”

RecommendsComment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“I did play with this app to see if it would give me anything that my spreadsheet doesn’t, but I’m not really seeing it”

CriticizesComment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“Without that onboarding the tool becomes a headache and what I already have is good enough.”

MixedComment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“Wealthfolio looks very neat too.”

RecommendsComment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“This doesn't appear to be documented”

MixedComment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“usability sucks. I can't figure out how to add anything.”

CriticizesComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“I like the simplicity. I wonder if it could even be a bit simpler.”

MixedComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“This is awesome. Thank you for sharing and making it open-source!”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“The layout and color scheme look professional, trustworthy, tried and true”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“Love the idea, but really need some form of access to API's for the big brokerages and apps”

MixedComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“This is really cool and kind of what I'm looking for since trusting my account details to some app gives me heartburn.”

MixedComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“But this is very cool software!”

MixedComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“the modals (add account etc) aren't scrollable and cutoff the bottom of my screen, making them pretty much unusable”

CriticizesComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“I personally wouldn't want to switch to anything self-hosted unless it provided automated syncing”

MixedComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“It requires at least 2 characters to search for a symbol.”

CriticizesComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“My hero usecase with these tools is to auto pull investments from Fidelity 401K account”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“I love how this is open-source and the add-on model reminds me of Obsidian”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“The wealthfolio is just... very pleasant to look at.”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“There is a few problems with the site docs, the app image for linux (missing libs) and docker instructions.”

MixedComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“Nice features, and very professional website!”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“Your project is not so much 'open source' as much as it is 'source-available'.”

CriticizesComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“has a nice lander with a better sell than a Github readmw”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“This is unfortunately going to be the deal breaker for wide adoption.”

MixedComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“This looks great. I've thought about vibe-coding a similar app for a while but this might just do”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“Looks really cool, great job.”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“manually importing data from dozens of accounts every day and entering every single transaction as you make it is simply too much of a burden”

MixedComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“Awesome. I have been meaning to give this a try so this is a great nudge.”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“I couldn't figure out how to add the very first thing successfully.”

CriticizesComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“they should at least support Plaid to get your account information and pull it in locally”

CriticizesComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“the makers of this particular product don't have a ton of my financial information”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“modals (add account etc) aren't scrollable and cutoff the bottom of my screen”

MixedComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“I just want to also commend you on the UI/UX here, it looks and feels really solid.”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“this looks really polished, congrats!”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“But I don't think I'm willing to give up fully automated data refreshes at this point.”

MixedComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

“Looks very polished, I'll try it out!”

RecommendsComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker”

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