GnuCash VS application

Check out https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash

https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1794

Note the full API may be accessible via a cli interface.

The above work will be merged hopefully soon.

For the first repository, gnucash, it appears to be a C++ application. The common convention for a C++ app is to have the "main()" function inside a source file with the same name as the library, e.g. "gnucash.cpp". And sure enough, here it is. If I didn't think to guess that it was in that file, I could always just download the repository and do a CTRL-F for "main(". That would lead me to it immediately.

I also use GnuCash as accounting package (since 2008) for my business and it's great. Never had any issue with it.

https://www.gnucash.org/ https://github.com/arrobalytics/django-ledger

You could use Budget with Buckets. It's free to use, but you can get a license too. Downside: it doesn't have an app (well, it does, but it's read only and sucks big time).

I use buckets https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/

I track my balances across various sources, updating once a month. I also set my outgoings.

Funnily enough I don't really use the buckets feature too much, simply the graph over time of savings, and ability to set goals / monthly costs for review is enough.

Right now I'm testing software called Buckets, and I am liking it so far. It's a one-time payment, and the dev seems pretty cool by offering an extremely generous demo. It's kind of a hybrid between manual and automatic, with some macro import options and statement import options that can be helpful. It also has the option to import financial data automatically using SimpleFin for only a fraction of the monthly price of YNAB and Aspire. So far I'm really liking it.

Buckets - I just started to look at this app. It is very basic from what I have seen so far. And while writing this I learned the iOS app is a closed beta. Unlimited FREE trial until you determine it works for you. After that, there is a one-time fee of $49. In September the price is going up to $64.

You might look into budget with buckets

I haven't used it, but the team (person?) that makes [Buckets](https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com) makes [SimpleFIN](https://www.simplefin.org), which seems like it exposes exactly what you want: simple transaction data from arbitrary banks.

Plaid offers [transactions APIs](https://plaid.com/products/transactions/), but I guess to your point these APIs are geared towards fintech companies, not personal use.

I’ve been happy with Budget with Buckets as a YNAB alternative - https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/