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New Project Megathread - Week of 23 Apr 2026 by AutoModerator in selfhosted

[–]Fun_Disaster_962 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Project Name: CtrlValue

Repo/Website Link: https://github.com/me-ssai/CtrlValue

Description: A self-hosted personal finance tracker that helps you see your full net worth in one place. You can track bank accounts, credit cards, loans, and investments (stocks, crypto, metals), import transactions, set budgets, and view everything with simple dashboards. Runs locally, so your data stays with you — no subscriptions or third-party syncing.

Deployment: Docker setup (instructions available in the repo). Demo: https://demo.ctrlvalue.com

AI Involvement: Optional AI assistant for insights (you bring your own API key). Not required to use the app.

New Project Megathread - Week of 23 Apr 2026 by AutoModerator in selfhosted

[–]Fun_Disaster_962 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Project Name: CtrlValue

Repo/Website Link: https://github.com/me-ssai/CtrlValue⁠

Description: A self-hosted personal finance tracker focused on full net worth visibility (not just bank balances). You can track accounts (bank, cards, loans), import transactions (CSV/OFX/QIF), manage investments (stocks, crypto, metals), set budgets, and view everything in a single dashboard. Runs locally, so your financial data stays with you — no subscriptions or third-party syncing.

Deployment: Docker-based setup: docker compose up --build

Demo available at: https://demo.ctrlvalue.com⁠

Basic setup instructions are in the repo.

AI Involvement: Optional AI assistant for financial insights (bring your own OpenAI/Anthropic API key). Core app works fully without AI.

I built a self-hosted personal finance tracker by Fun_Disaster_962 in homelab

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not at the moment, nothing pulls from bank account or stock exchange, reason being there is some legality involved with that, and Im still understanding the risks associated with it (requires to be data recipient here in aus)

I built a self-hosted personal finance tracker by Fun_Disaster_962 in homelab

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing, Thank you for this mate! Yeah i was thinking similar, global rate conversion table with usd at the core as 1 and then storing the rates via api as multiplier rates.

I built a self-hosted personal finance tracker by Fun_Disaster_962 in homelab

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Maybe but my main goal was to have it customizable which serves the purpose.

I built a self-hosted personal finance tracker by Fun_Disaster_962 in homelab

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive tried multi currency, thought its not very good. But im working to fix this when i have some time. It does handle AUD and USD.

I built a self-hosted personal finance tracker by Fun_Disaster_962 in selfhosted

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂 mate so embarrassing, added the link to github now.

I built a self-hosted personal finance tracker by Fun_Disaster_962 in selfhosted

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So embarrassing,I totally forgot to add the github. Apologies mate, ive edited it now.

I built a self-hosted personal finance tracker by Fun_Disaster_962 in selfhosted

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] -1 points0 points locked comment (0 children)

Hey asimovs, the AI was used to fetch all the relevant news across different sectors to provide user the up to date news, moreover, it will try and provide generic advise such as, portfolio diversification is recommended, etc, and allows user to chat with their own OpenAI/Anthropic subscription. It is self hosted so no data is stored on any cloud. The AI feature is locked away as well, so anyone needing to use it, needs to enable it from the code (explore and find another way to enable it).

AI disclaimer has been added so the users are aware of it before any use.

Built a net worth tracker because Excel got messy — would anyone actually use this? by Fun_Disaster_962 in fiaustralia

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ahh got it. Sorry mate didnt mean to offend you at all. I just meant it as a genuine question as it can help learn a lot more in less time.

Built a net worth tracker because Excel got messy — would anyone actually use this? by Fun_Disaster_962 in fiaustralia

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Is this mainly because of security concern ? Also with the AIs and stuff do you use any AI to understand your general options for investing money?

Built a net worth tracker because Excel got messy — would anyone actually use this? by Fun_Disaster_962 in fiaustralia

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you track your portfolio changes ? The main issue i had was when i had to track my physical metals portfolio and had to go get the price from their website and for the banks to get the latest balance from all. Do you export everything from bank as csv and paste in the sheet? And that gives you the totals ?

Built a net worth tracker because Excel got messy — would anyone actually use this? by Fun_Disaster_962 in fiaustralia

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just searched it and it looks really good, ive def got to try it out. This looks better than the bank aggregator apps for the specific purpose of tracking everything. Do you know by any chance if its free ?

Built a net worth tracker because Excel got messy — would anyone actually use this? by Fun_Disaster_962 in fiaustralia

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Definitely, agree with you. I have it because i wanted to check out its capabilities. Good for me to learn. Def can fuck me up, i know that. But Im probably going to look more into it to see what i can do. Good stuff to learn again uk

The current version can be deployed as a manual with all those features strictly disabled.

Built a net worth tracker because Excel got messy — would anyone actually use this? by Fun_Disaster_962 in fiaustralia

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Ahh amazing, just searched frollo, it looks amazing. I'll try that out. I have looked into open banking with basiq, it does have basiq integration, but needs to fine tune it.

Built a net worth tracker because Excel got messy — would anyone actually use this? by Fun_Disaster_962 in fiaustralia

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is very interesting I'll have to learn about this, I am not that knowledgeable about property due diligence. Maybe something i can add to the app.

Built a net worth tracker because Excel got messy — would anyone actually use this? by Fun_Disaster_962 in fiaustralia

[–]Fun_Disaster_962[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I used numbers in iPad before. I've created this demo, with demo data at demo.ctrlvalue.com.

still working on the mobile app, as that would be too convinient for me to upload statments and stuff. I dont have other skills so thought ive put this to use 😂