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Show HN: FreeMyCash – A simple, privacy-first, back end-optional expense tracker

by _tqr3 on 6/10/25, 5:29 PM with 2 comments

I wanted a simple way to track my expenses without connecting to my bank or handing over personal data or dealing with upsells and ads. I started with an Excel sheet, but updating it on my phone wasn’t intuitive.

Free My Cash is a single-file-based finance tracker that runs entirely in the browser. You can create or upload a JSON file of transactions, then edit, categorize, and visualize them. When you're done, just download the file and take it with you.

There are some experimental features too — like importing CSVs from bank exports, and an optional backend that versions your data file on each update. I personally use it with a basic JSON backend.

Try it: https://www.freemycash.com (Click “Try a demo” to test it out)

GitHub: https://github.com/neberej/freemycash

  • by coffeecoders on 6/10/25, 6:27 PM

    How does this handle multiple users (same file)?