Outlay
Money, understood.
Personal finance that runs on your machine, respects your privacy, and gets out of the way. Track expenses, plan budgets, forecast cash flow - no accounts, no cloud, no catch.
Philosophy
Personal finance for people, not corporations.
Your money is your business. Outlay keeps everything on your machine - your transactions, your budgets, your goals. No cloud, no middleman, no compromises.
Your data stays home
No cloud sync, no accounts, no telemetry. Your finances are stored in a local SQLite database and never leave your machine.
Runs entirely offline
No network required for anything except optional currency exchange rates. Works on an airplane, works without WiFi.
No dark patterns
No premium tier, no ads, no manipulative gamification. Achievements exist for fun, not to keep you hooked.
Truly free forever
CC0 licensed. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no strings attached. The code is yours to keep, modify, and share.
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Log expenses in seconds.
Built-in calculator with inline math, category picker, tags, payees, and receipt attachment. Save, duplicate, or template any transaction.
Browse your history.
Day-grouped transaction list with search, category filters, and batch operations. Monthly income, expense, and net summaries at a glance.
Visualize your spending.
Donut charts by category, monthly income vs expense bars, and smooth daily trend lines. Navigate by month and compare years.
Plan every dollar.
Per-category monthly budgets with progress bars, daily pace tracking, rollover, and what-if scenarios. Smart insights flag anomalies.
Save toward goals.
Set savings targets with deadlines and track progress. See how much you need per month to stay on track.
Forecast your cash flow.
Monthly projections based on recurring transactions and 3-month averages. See your cumulative balance months ahead.
Automate the routine.
Set up daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, or yearly recurring transactions. Pause, resume, and track next dates.
Track every subscription.
See exactly what you pay monthly and yearly. Pause, edit, or cancel tracking for any subscription.
Manage credit cards.
Balance and utilization monitoring with statement cycles, due dates, minimum payments, and credit limits.
Keep a wishlist.
Track items you want to buy with prices and priority. Mark as purchased when you pull the trigger.
Earn insights, not dopamine.
16+ achievement badges for real milestones. No-spend streaks, on-budget tracking, and monthly spending recaps with category breakdowns.
40+ currencies built in.
Automatic exchange rate fetching from free, open-source APIs. No API key required. Rates cached for 24 hours.
Take your data anywhere.
Export to CSV, JSON, QIF, OFX, or formatted PDF reports. Import from any of those formats plus PDF bank statements.
Smart input, less typing.
OCR to extract amounts from receipt photos. Natural language parsing for quick entry. System tray popup for instant logging.
See it in action.
Three steps to clarity.
Get it
Grab the .AppImage from the releases page. One file. No installer. No sign-up.
Use it
Log transactions, set budgets, track subscriptions. The built-in calculator makes entry effortless.
Own it
Your data stays local. CC0 means the code is yours too. No vendor lock-in, no cloud dependency.
Solid foundations.
A Rust backend with a GTK 4 and libadwaita frontend. Charts rendered with Cairo. Everything runs locally in userspace. Native Wayland and X11 support.
Take control. Keep it simple.
Personal finance should be private, complete, and genuinely free. Outlay handles the rest.