data-importer VS firefly-plaid-connector

RTFM https://docs.firefly-iii.org/data-importer/

theres some third parties that give you an API directly I believe. Firefly III lists salt edge and nordigen.

https://docs.firefly-iii.org/data-importer/

Firefly III is missing plenty of features (see below). I started Firefly III with a single user (me) and everything else is a bonus.

https://docs.firefly-iii.org/firefly-iii/about-firefly-iii/w...

I will admit that I caved under pressure and built the Firefly III Data Importer:

https://github.com/firefly-iii/data-importer

It can connect to your bank via Salt Edge if it is supported. Here is the documentation on the data importer - https://docs.firefly-iii.org/data-importer/

for auto-sync you need https://docs.firefly-iii.org/data-importer with API from Salt Edge or Nordingen.

You can easily import data into Firefly III using their data importer[0] and Nordigen API or Spectre (usage is explained in [0]). Doing so automatically is just a matter of running a cron job

[0] https://docs.firefly-iii.org/data-importer/

Interesting, I wasn't aware of this fork. For what it's worth, the original repo is here: https://gitlab.com/GeorgeHahn/firefly-plaid-connector and images are published at registry.gitlab.com/georgehahn/firefly-plaid-connector:latest.

There is already a Plaid Connector but would benefit from independent reviewers and contributors.

It connects via plaid, which isn't that great if you're interested in data privacy. If you really want to use it though, you can use https://gitlab.com/GeorgeHahn/firefly-plaid-connector. As for "your own dashboard" i'm not sure what this means in the context of "better than firefly"...