Paisa
Productivity
personal finance manager
SHOW HN2023
662points
273comments
#28of 3,109 in 2023
Top 1%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
26 positive, 43 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 23 critical, out of 95 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Idea: 12 for, 4 againstDesign: 4 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 6 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good documentation and demo environment
From 2 comments
This is incredible! Great job building this and also writing the documentation that explains concepts as well as how they are implemented. I can't believe how many comments here…
jaipilot747 on HNIt's interesting how many tools can analyze where your money has been going, but few go deep on the planning + forecasting side. Have you thought about building out the…
scubakid on HN
Looks slick and promising as a Beancount/Fava alternative
From 2 comments
Awesome! I've been using Beancount/Fava for over 2 years now and this looks really slick. One thing off the bat I noticed, it doesn't look like custom Tags are supported? I use…
GingerMidas on HNHas anyone compared this to YNAB4? (Not the cloud-only subscription-only YNAB, but the good one that was killed off in 2019) It's by far the best household bookkeeping tool I've…
MenhirMike on HN
Objections
No automated bank data import; manual entry is laborious
From 2 comments
I am probably the target audience for this kind of thing, but I’m having trouble seeing myself slog through hundreds of household transactions every month (or putting in the time…
velcrovan on HNI think it helps if personal finance managers explicitly describe at least the following: 1. What automation, if any, exists for entering transactions? This is the most…
sbehere on HN
Cookie consent popup and Google cookies on the site
From 2 comments
Unfortunately I can't see your web site as it does not work without sending cookies to Google. Please implement the site with only needed cookies. NB this means that your site…
pasc1878 on HNI got turned off with the cookie popup. There's literally no reason why you need any of that. You want to know which pages people are visiting? Mine your htaccess logs.
jonathankoren on HN
AGPL license rules it out for some users
From 1 comment
LICENSE AGPL3 https://github.com/ananthakumaran/paisa/blob/master/COPYING I won't use this because I can't ensure all my systems can be agpl3. Like bank systems I don't control.
iFire on HN
Similar to Beancount/Fava, so unclear differentiation
From 1 comment
This looks very similar to Beancount, which has been around for a while and has quite the community and extensions. How does this differentiate?
charles_f on HN
Requests
Plaid or automated bank data import
From 2 comments
This looks awesome. I love that it's built on ledger. I have been wanting to move away from Simplifi Money for some time for obvious reasons (owned by Intuit). It seems that the…
robcohen on HNHow are people automating the data import? I can't imagine someone entering everything by hand. Lots of places don't even provide an export file you can work with... most of them…
ibdf on HN
Linux desktop app
From 1 comment
Any plans for a Linux version?
anjel on HN
Custom tags support
From 1 comment
Awesome! I've been using Beancount/Fava for over 2 years now and this looks really slick. One thing off the bat I noticed, it doesn't look like custom Tags are supported? I use…
GingerMidas on HN
Multi-language support
From 1 comment
This is great! If you could add multi-language support, then I'm sure my family will use it :) > I am interested in knowing what people normally want to understand about their…
tmikaeld on HN
OFX import
From 1 comment
Has anyone compared this to YNAB4? (Not the cloud-only subscription-only YNAB, but the good one that was killed off in 2019) It's by far the best household bookkeeping tool I've…
MenhirMike on HN
Questions
How automated transaction import works
From 2 comments
How are people automating the data import? I can't imagine someone entering everything by hand. Lots of places don't even provide an export file you can work with... most of them…
ibdf on HNI think it helps if personal finance managers explicitly describe at least the following: 1. What automation, if any, exists for entering transactions? This is the most…
sbehere on HN
How it differs from Beancount
From 2 comments
This looks very similar to Beancount, which has been around for a while and has quite the community and extensions. How does this differentiate?
charles_f on HNI’m using beancount with fava as UI, any experience why you choose based on Ledger vs Beancount ? Thanks
BOOSTERHIDROGEN on HN
Whether it can be run via Docker
From 1 comment
@ananthakumaran, can this be installed via Docker and ran in the browser like your demo[1]? [1]: https://demo.paisa.fyi/
wreck on HN
Alternatives named
Beancount with Fava
From 2 comments
Awesome! I've been using Beancount/Fava for over 2 years now and this looks really slick. One thing off the bat I noticed, it doesn't look like custom Tags are supported? I use…
GingerMidas on HNThis looks very similar to Beancount, which has been around for a while and has quite the community and extensions. How does this differentiate?
charles_f on HN
YNAB
From 2 comments
I am probably the target audience for this kind of thing, but I’m having trouble seeing myself slog through hundreds of household transactions every month (or putting in the time…
velcrovan on HNi won't use any finance manager that doesn't employ the envelop method, like ynab. looking at the demo for 10 seconds it looks like a web based gnu cash.
waynesonfire on HN
GnuCash
From 1 comment
I'm a longtime user of gnucash and this is a great product to convince me to move to ledger/hledger. Question for author - Is it mostly a reporting tool or does it work similar…
8589934591 on HN
Tiller
From 1 comment
This looks awesome. I love that it's built on ledger. I have been wanting to move away from Simplifi Money for some time for obvious reasons (owned by Intuit). It seems that the…
robcohen on HN
Simplifi Money
From 1 comment
This looks awesome. I love that it's built on ledger. I have been wanting to move away from Simplifi Money for some time for obvious reasons (owned by Intuit). It seems that the…
robcohen on HN
YNAB4
From 1 comment
Has anyone compared this to YNAB4? (Not the cloud-only subscription-only YNAB, but the good one that was killed off in 2019) It's by far the best household bookkeeping tool I've…
MenhirMike on HN