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TL;DR

Securo is a self-hosted, open-source personal finance manager that runs on your own infrastructure via Docker, providing account overviews, budgets, net worth reports, and saving goals without sending data to third parties. Mainstream budgeting apps monetize user transaction data; Securo keeps all financial data on the user's own server with no third-party cloud dependency.

What it actually is

  • What: Securo is a self-hosted, open-source personal finance manager that runs on your own infrastructure via Docker, providing account overviews, budgets, net worth reports, and saving goals without sending data to third parties.
  • Who built it / maintained by: securo-finance (open-source project; maintainer identity not publicly confirmed from sources)
  • Status: beta
  • Why it matters: Mainstream budgeting apps monetize user transaction data; Securo keeps all financial data on the user's own server with no third-party cloud dependency.
  • How it compares to alternatives:
  • Actual Budget
  • Firefly III
  • Maybe Finance
  • YNAB
  • Mint
  • GitHub stars: 4,049 · License: AGPL-3.0 · Archived: no

Links

  • Repo: https://github.com/securo-finance/securo

Research evidence

General descriptions are reported, not independently tested. source_verified means the exact quotation was found in retrieved source text; it does not establish that an upstream claim works locally.

  • Identity: resolved · Basis: source_reported
  • reported: Securo runs on your own infrastructure with no cloud lock-in or third-party data sharing. (evidence: none)
  • reported: Securo can be installed with a single curl command on Linux/macOS. (evidence: none)
  • reported: Securo supports linking bank accounts or importing CSV files. (evidence: none)
  • reported: Securo supports local LLM integration (e.g., Ollama) for querying financial data. (evidence: none)
  • reported: Securo features include accounts, budgets, net worth reports, and saving goals. (evidence: none)
  • reported: The project is licensed under AGPL-3.0. (evidence: github-metadata)
  • github-metadata · metadata · retrieved 2026-10-17T18:00:51.427Z · published unknown

Source excerpt: {"github_stars":4049,"open_issues":296,"last_pushed":"2026-10-16T18:05:12.000Z","license":"AGPL-3.0","archived":false}

Kickstarter guide

Pseudocode / untested proposal. Check current upstream instructions and the target project before execution.

Installation is reported to use a one-command installer or Docker Compose. The following is pseudocode based on unverified OCR from the post — do not run without consulting the official README. Linux/macOS: curl -fsSL https://usesecuro.com/install.sh | bash. Windows (pseudocode): git clone https://github.com/securo-finance/securo.git && cd securo && docker compose up --build, then open http://localhost:3000.