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paisa is a free, open source finance & accounting project written in TypeScript and released under AGPL-3.0. It has 3,211 GitHub stars, 213 forks and 91 open issues, and was last pushed 12 days ago. On this registry it ranks #16 of 34 tracked projects in Finance & Accounting, with 5 head-to-head comparisons available. It gained 1 stars over the last 3 tracked days.

What is paisa?

What it is

Paisa personal finance manager. Builds on top of ledger double entry accounting tool. Lives in ledger, ledger-cli, personal-finance, plaintext-accounting, visualization ecosystem. Category Business Software / Finance & Accounting. Language TypeScript. License AGPL-3.0. README says software licensed under AGPL 3 or later. Homepage https://paisa.fyi. Demo https://demo.paisa.fyi. GitHub description and tagline both say Paisa – Personal Finance Manager. README badge links to Matrix at https://matrix.to/#/#paisa:matrix.org. README includes Matrix badge. README includes license text. README includes status. README says checkout documentation to get started.

Concrete problem tracking personal finances with ledger double-entry accounting and visualizing that data. Paisa adds personal finance layer around ledger. README says author uses it to track personal finance. README says most personal use cases for author covered. Demo is demo of Web UI. GitHub metadata shows 3210 stars, 213 forks, 91 open issues, 4 years repo age, last push 2026-09-06T07:25:43Z. Contributor count not shown. README says open issue if bug found. README says start discussion if feature requested. README says ask questions on Matrix chat. Provided facts show no Docker image name. Provided facts show no package manager name.

Key capabilities

  • Builds on ledger double entry accounting tool.
  • Manages personal finance records.
  • Works with plaintext accounting files.
  • Provides visualization of ledger data.
  • Offers web UI demo at https://demo.paisa.fyi.
  • Documents getting started at https://paisa.fyi.
  • Supports bug reporting through GitHub issues and feature discussion through GitHub discussions and Matrix chat.

Who uses it and how

  • Users track personal finances with ledger-based records.
  • Users try web UI demo at https://demo.paisa.fyi.
  • Users follow documentation to get started.
  • Users report bugs through GitHub issues.
  • Users discuss features through GitHub discussions and ask questions through Matrix chat.

Getting started

Provided README points to documentation at https://paisa.fyi and demo at https://demo.paisa.fyi. It does not list Docker image, package manager, hosted production option, install, run, or deploy method.

When to use it — and when not to

Use Paisa if want personal finance manager built on ledger and plaintext accounting. Avoid it if need explicit install or deploy method from excerpt or if need more than author's personal use cases. AGPL-3.0, TypeScript codebase, 91 open issues, missing contributor count, no listed database, storage, SMTP, paid product comparison, self-hosting operational requirements are facts to weigh.

project readme (upstream, from github) — read inline

Paisa

Matrix

Paisa is a Personal finance manager. It builds on top of the ledger double entry accounting tool. Checkout documentation to get started.

Demo

A demo of the Web UI can be found at https://demo.paisa.fyi

Status

I use it to track my personal finance. Most of my personal use cases are covered. Feel free to open an issue if you found a bug or start a discussion if you have a feature request. If you have any question, you can ask on Matrix chat.

License

This software is licensed under the AGPL 3 or later license.

Frequently asked questions

Is paisa free to use?

paisa is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence. There is no licence fee and no seat count — you can self-host it or, where the project offers one, pay a vendor for a managed version instead.

What does paisa do?

Paisa – Personal Finance Manager. https://paisa.fyi demo: https://demo.paisa.fyi

What is paisa written in?

paisa is primarily written in TypeScript. Its source is publicly available at https://github.com/ananthakumaran/paisa, and it has 3,211 GitHub stars.