> How it works: you import a CSV from any bank, in any currency.
I think this is where you're going to lose people. If you're having to pull in data from multiple different sources, each with their own flow for exporting, I think this might be a non-starter for creating good financial habbit.
I recnetly had success integrating my local AI agent with Monarch money via an open source monarch MCP project. It took a bit of (AI) hacking the login stuff, but now I'm able to pull transactions, query patterns, have a daily report generated from hermes, etc. Much more technical that your target audience but possibly offers some inspiration.
It also requires you generally to trust some third party with your data.
Here’s an API one for Australia / New Zealand / USA: https://redbark.com/developers
Bridge is actually provided by mx.com, pretty much the same service as Plaid.
Another app I love that does the same. Queryable which lets you natural language search your photos on device on iOS and predates most of the current AI craze (2022) and also apple adding this themselves to photos: https://queryable.app/
[0]https://fastino.ai/blog/fastino-nemotron-3-5-lightning-finan...
- read the category
- click on the '...' button at the end of the line (not near the thing you want to correct, and not my first guess for settings the category)
- this creates a popup
- mouse into the popup and click on the dropdown for setting the category.
Just have the category label in the list clickable, to show the category dropdown.
It saves one click, two mouse movements, and having to figure out that '...' is the action you need to fix a category.
0: https://jeffyclassify.com/blog/when-llms-fail-at-classificat...
Still it could be handy to be able to do that locally, maybe model tweaks could be shared back upstream.
The bridge between deterministic accounting principles to non-deterministic patterns trying to simulate it at will is a pretty big thing to cover.
Also yes, it's local but the data you're importing is already with a private organization on the cloud. In that sense, having a local copy of it does not really do anything for me in terms of privacy etc.
As I said, I use budgeting apps daily (one for personal use (self-made), another for business (very old freenium era software that has not failed me in the last 5+ years of self-hosting it)) and I do not see any need for generative AI in that workflow from my pov. YMMV
Chat is optional, the app is a complete and free budgeting app (reports, rules, money flow, forecast etc.). As for privacy, "local" usually means your data not your questions, sure the banks hold the transactions but your questions and analysis shouldn't go to the cloud hence this project.
Downloads will already be on the machine.
I'm not sure what you mean? Surely processing on your computer instead of Anthropic's computer is a significant privacy improvement?
you only need 2 sections. an above the fold area and something below the fold. simple.
thanks for making this. “its private” is not a selling point, whats other differentiators does it have? really the AI analysis and potential agentic aspect right?
you could point out that it doesnt use data centers or harm the environment without explaining how or what that means upfront