#22 in Finance & AccountingUpdated 2026-08

ezBookkeeping

by ezBookkeeping · Self-hosted personal finance app under the MIT licence

36.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

ezBookkeeping is an open source, self-hosted personal finance app released under the MIT licence. It records transactions across two-level accounts and categories, with image attachments, location tracking on maps, scheduled transactions, and filtering, search and analysis. It supports Docker on Windows, macOS or Linux with SQLite, MySQL or PostgreSQL.

Best for: Self-hosters who want to keep personal finance records on their own server or low-power device.
Pricing: No prices are shown; the software is open source under the MIT licence and run on your own infrastructure.
Runs on: Self-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

MIT-licensed and self-hosted, with Docker images provided
Runs on SQLite, MySQL or PostgreSQL across x86, amd64 and ARM
Imports CSV, OFX, QIF, Camt.053, MT940, GnuCash and Beancount
2FA, OIDC login, rate limiting and PIN/WebAuthn app lock

Trade-offs

Self-hosted only; the site shows no managed or hosted option
Scoped to personal finance, not multi-user business accounting
You provide and maintain the server, database and upgrades yourself

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 0 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 82 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 25 out of 100
Operational trust: 0 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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