Your personal finance system, under your control.
MoneyBrain builds privacy-first tools for personal finance — designed for people who want clarity, correctness, and full ownership of their data.
We believe:
- Financial tools should be predictable.
- Budgeting should be disciplined, not gamified.
- Your data should belong to you.
A lightweight personal finance system with:
- Ledger-based transaction tracking
- Envelope-style budgeting
- Proper reconciliation
- Cloud sync (optional)
- Self-hosted deployment
- Data export and portability
MoneyBrain is a tool, not a financial advisor.
- Self-hosted first.
- Cloud sync only when you choose it.
- Ledger correctness over gimmicks.
- No dark patterns.
- No data selling. Ever.
- Clear domain model.
- Explicit bookkeeping rules.
- Transparent calculations.
- Minimal UI noise.
- No “AI magic” pretending to know your life.
MoneyBrain supports two modes:
Hosted
- Managed by us
- Cloud sync enabled
- Subscription-based
Self-Hosted
- Run it yourself
- Full control
- Governed by open-source license
MoneyBrain does not provide financial advice.
MoneyBrain exists to make personal finance:
- Clear
- Honest
- Durable
- Under your control