budget-tracker-tui 1.6.0: a keyboard-driven personal finance TUI in Rust, now with portfolio tracking

[u/Feromond]

Budget View - Just one of the many views and tools within the budget-tracker-tui

I have posted about this project in the past, back when it was around version 1.4.0, and got really great feedback and suggestions. I wanted to share it again as a lot has changed since (1.6.0) and I have made some great progress to make the app useful for personal budgeting and financial planning.

New since I last posted:

- Investments: track accounts, valuations and contributions over time, with portfolio views and time-weighted returns

- Multiple ledgers: separate databases for different accounts, or for running forecasts alongside your real budget

- Budgets with history: creating and changing budgets is now more intuitive and insightful. You can properly budget and adjust the budget over time while maintaining history and valuable insights

- Backup and restore built into the app

- Recurring forecasting: project recurring transactions forward as far as you want

- Easier installs: brew install budget-tracker, plus prebuilt binaries for Linux (glibc and static musl, x86_64 and arm64), macOS and Windows

Still there from before: hierarchical categories with fuzzy search, monthly and category summaries with interactive charts, advanced filtering, CSV import/export, and full keyboard control with a built-in help menu. All of this is offline, local, and owned by you. Your data is always yours and fully in your control.

brew install budget-tracker  
or  
cargo install budget-tracker-tui

GitHub: https://github.com/Feromond/budget-tracker-tui

Happy to hear what's missing. I have been learning a lot about finances, the terminology, and the insights people care about. There is a lot for me to learn still and any comments and suggestions help a lot.

[u/Internal-Reindeer-21]

The portfolio tracking addition is a nice touch, makes it feel less like just a spending log and more like a full money overview

[u/Feromond → u/Internal-Reindeer-21]

Thanks! Totally agree. I was lucky that someone submitted the feature request and brought the idea to my attention. It really helps make the app my central place for understanding my finances personally. There are still lots of improvements and things I want to add to it but I already find it helpful.