Money Manager Ex
Free, open-source personal finance app for tracking accounts, spending, budgets and investments.
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About Money Manager Ex
Money Manager Ex (often shortened to MMEX) is a desktop personal finance program for people who want to keep their own records rather than hand bank logins to a cloud service. You create accounts in one or more currencies, enter or import transactions, assign payees and categories, and set up scheduled transactions for recurring bills and income. It also tracks stocks, shares and fixed assets, so the net-worth view covers more than cash. Budgets can be set per month or year and compared against actual spending in the built-in reports, and advanced users can write their own reports with SQL, Lua and HTML. Data lives in a local database file that can be encrypted, and you can keep that file in a cloud folder of your choice to use it on more than one machine. There is no automatic bank sync; imports come from QIF and CSV files. The project is free and open source under the GPL, with desktop builds for Windows, macOS and Linux plus companion mobile apps.
Best for: People who want a free, offline money tracker with budgets and investments and no bank-login cloud..
Pros and cons
What works
- Free and open source with no ads or subscription
- Tracks stocks, shares and assets alongside everyday spending
- Local database file with optional encryption
- Custom reports with SQL, Lua and HTML for power users
Why people leave
- No automatic bank connections; imports are QIF or CSV files
- Desktop interface feels dated next to modern budgeting apps
- Syncing between devices means managing the database file yourself
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Actual Budget75.5Open-source envelope budgeting with a modern interface, optional self-hosted sync and bank import.
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Monarch Money66.0Subscription app that pulls in bank and investment accounts automatically for a full net-worth view.
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Quicken Simplifi59.4Paid, bank-connected spending tracker for people tired of importing QIF and CSV files.
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Money Manager Ex: common questions
Is Money Manager Ex free?
Yes. Money Manager Ex is free, open-source software.
Is Money Manager Ex open source?
Yes. The source code is on GitHub at moneymanagerex/moneymanagerex.
What platforms does Money Manager Ex run on?
Money Manager Ex is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
What are the best alternatives to Money Manager Ex?
The highest-ranked Money Manager Ex alternatives right now are YNAB, Actual Budget and Monarch Money. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.