# Firefly III privacy rating

Self-hosted personal finance manager with double-entry bookkeeping, budgets, categories, tags, a rule engine, reports and a REST API.

## Summary

Firefly III scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the budgeting criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit.

- Website: https://www.firefly-iii.org
- Source code: https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Home page trackers: Cloudflare Web Analytics (cookieless analytics), Google Fonts (not scored)
- Category: [Budgeting](https://privacyratings.com/budgeting/)
- Grade: C (65/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | AGPL-3.0. | https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/blob/main/COPYING |
| No trackers or telemetry | Partial | The app no longer has telemetry, but the project website runs self-hosted Matomo analytics. | https://docs.firefly-iii.org/references/firefly-iii/changelog/ |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by donations and sponsorships, with no ads. | https://docs.firefly-iii.org/explanation/support/ |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/budgeting/firefly-iii/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/budgeting/firefly-iii.md