BeeCount - Personal Finance

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About this app

BeeCount is a fully free, open-source personal ledger app that puts privacy protection and data sovereignty first.

Open and Transparent
- 100% open-source code, trusted by 1500+ users on GitHub
- All code is publicly auditable, community-supervised
- Business Source License — completely free for personal use
- Active developer community with continuous updates

Self-Hosted and Multi-Device Sync
- Full control of your data — the defining feature of BeeCount
- Sync via BeeCountCloud, Supabase, S3, WebDAV, iCloud, and more
- A great fit for users with Synology, UGREEN, Nextcloud, and other NAS
- Your data sovereignty is yours alone; developers cannot access anything

AI Smart Bookkeeping
- Snap Alipay or WeChat bill screenshots and AI auto-detects amount and merchant
- Categories are auto-matched by merchant name
- Customizable AI: built-in Zhipu GLM, plus any OpenAI-compatible provider
- API keys are stored on-device only — fully local-first

Complete Ledger Features
- Transactions with amount, category, date, note, and attachments
- Multiple ledgers — separate personal, work, and investment
- Multiple accounts — cash, debit card, credit card
- Two-level categories and a tag system for flexible labeling
- Image attachments per transaction
- Recurring entries for rent, salary, and other fixed flows
- Budget management to keep monthly spending in check

Data Insights
- Monthly and yearly reports with category rankings at a glance
- Income and expense trend analysis to stay on top of your finances
- Beautiful annual recap posters, one-tap shareable

Data Safety
- Offline-first — works without a network connection
- CSV and TSV import and export, compatible with major apps
- One-tap export of categories, tags, budgets, and other settings
- Privacy mode to hide sensitive amounts

Personalization
- Multiple theme colors to express your style
- Dark mode for comfortable nighttime use
- Font scaling for accessibility
- Three languages supported: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English

Why BeeCount
Traditional ledger apps store your data on third-party servers, raise privacy concerns, can lose your data when services shut down, paywall premium features, and push ads. BeeCount lets you self-host with full data control, is 100% open-source and auditable, works offline, is completely free for personal use with no ads, and is community-driven with ongoing updates.

More than a ledger — a lifestyle of data sovereignty.

Join BeeCount and take charge of your financial data.

GitHub: https://github.com/TNT-Likely/BeeCount

Ratings and reviews

I find it a quite interesting app with a lot of enthusiasm to use.

Missing local AI models.

What’s new

- AI Assistant experience upgrade with smoother conversations and clearer progress.