# Maybe

> Open-source, self-hosted personal finance and net worth tracking application.

Maybe is a self-hostable personal finance application built on Ruby on Rails that lets you monitor your complete financial picture. It tracks net worth, investments, cash, real estate, and crypto with clean dashboards and budgeting tools. Note that the original GitHub repository is now archived and no longer actively maintained, though it remains available to self-host via Docker.

Website: https://github.com/maybe-finance/maybe

## What it is for

- Track aggregate net worth across cash, crypto, investments, and real estate
- Self-host a private alternative to commercial personal finance trackers
- Categorize daily transactions and manage budgets without sharing data with third parties

## Features

- Net worth tracking with interactive historical charts and delta comparisons
- Categorized asset breakdown spanning cash, investments, crypto, and property
- Account sidebar grouping balances with individual sparkline trends
- Self-hosting support via Docker containers
- Built-in transaction logging and budgeting features
- AI financial assistant interface for portfolio queries and spending patterns

## Pricing

Open source. Free (AGPL-3.0 license)

## Details

- Type: Web app
- Category: [Business & Money](https://xiry.app/topics/business-money.md)
- Topic: [Personal Finance](https://xiry.app/topics/business-money/personal-finance.md)
- Open source: yes
- Platforms: Self-hosted, Web
- For: Privacy-conscious individuals and self-hosters wanting to manage personal finances
- Alternative to: Mint, Copilot Money, Monarch Money, YNAB
- Tags: finance, budgeting, net worth, self hosted, rails, docker

## Why it was saved

- [@GithubProjects, 19 July 2025](https://x.com/GithubProjects/status/1946502110813593676): A real, self-hostable open-source alternative to paid finance trackers (Mint-style), notable both as a usable tool and for its polished product design including a built-in AI assistant ('Hey Josh! I'm an AI built by Maybe...') that offers suggested prompts: 'Evaluate investment portfolio', 'Show spending insights', 'Find unusual patterns', plus command access via '/'.

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Updated 10 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/maybe

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