Open source means living under constant scrutiny. AI just made that scrutiny cheaper and faster. I feel this every day maintaining an open source project. The temptation to close the source is real but let’s not forget that open source is what raised the bar for software quality in the first place.

Not really. Open source just means distributing the source. Either via CD or some internet based protocol.

Maybe you are referring to the whole Github thing.

I mean, by definition, open source means that the source code is available and therefore _open_ to scrutiny. Regardless of how it is distributed.

Right. But what is the problem?

* Someone lols at code. Answer: ignore them.

* Someone sees your vulns. Answer: someone is already trying to hack you anyway.

Open source is what made this AI shitshow possible in the first place.

If you’re interested in finance and investment tracking https://github.com/afadil/wealthfolio

You setup , accounts, goals, limits and everything in settings. Then use activity to add your transactions

Yes actually you can just click the edit icon near the account balance in account page to update the cash balance

It’s more about having the optionality to not be tied to a SaaS provider and trusting them with all your financial data and bank credentials. Having options to:

1– Install a piece of software and run it locally, no subscription, no cloud 2– Have to right to use a nicer app instead of a spreadsheet 3– not hand over your banking creds. Some banks will void your account insurance if you do 4– Reduce your exposure by not putting all your financial data on some startup’s servers.

It's also maybe more useful in the US where we're behind the times w.r.t. better APIs for accessing banking & investment data

Actual Budget uses SimpleFIN [1] in the US. The integration is pretty good. The big alternative is Plaid and I don't trust them at all. It's a shame we don't have a standard for electronic banking yet.

[1] -- https://beta-bridge.simplefin.org/

There is also teller.io i tried them for a side project and were pretty good, but I didn’t go to far

Yeah, it seems at certain points I need to add automatic syncing. The app already offers a way to extend things using plugins https://wealthfolio.app/addons.

Which plugin handles syncing?

For me this is a core piece of any money app. If an app doesn’t include syncing it’s not worth it. I have too many moving pieces to deal with CSV exports.

I actually wrote a manifest about it :) https://wealthfolio.app/blog/wealthfolio-manifesto/

You can search by company name. For manual pricing, click on an added manual holding, then there is a tab "Quotes" in the top right to view and edit the prices.

You can click on the holding, go the Quotes table and add a date, close price

The app support mapping profiles. I hope we will have a profile for each major broker.

I'm also experimenting with local llm models to parse files and statement and call the app tools to feed data.

Neat! Thank you. That’s really the killer feature for this imo.

In a year when I consolidated a bunch of accounts, I’ve found essentially no program regardless of off or online that’s able to build a global view.

It’s a pretty classic data problem—-heterogeneous data sources, entity resolution, etc. Should be amenable to a ml solution.

This doesn't appear to be documented...

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awealthfolio.app+map+p...

Would be happy to contribute profiles.