Firefly iii by firefly-iii

Firefly III: a personal finances manager

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Verdict 84/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 3 days ago

Self-host Firefly iii on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
84 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
23k
2.1k forks

About Firefly iii

From the project's README at github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Billionaires and fascists are breaking democracies and international alliances. Their profits are costing us our safety. (Digital) sovereignty is more important than ever. Firefly III is free open source software and originates from, and lives in the European Union ().

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
97
maturity
100
community
95
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
40

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

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GitHub stars 23k github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii
GitHub forks 2.1k github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age11.9 yearssince Jun 2014
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped326last: 3 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links4declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

27 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. Most recent: CVE-2024-37893.

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Ready to self-host Firefly iii?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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