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Track your moneyflow - A powerful terminal UI for personal finance management

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moneyflow

PyPI version Python 3.11+ License: MIT GitHub stars

Track your moneyflow from the terminal.

A keyboard-driven terminal UI for managing personal finance transactions. Built for users who prefer efficiency and direct control over their financial data.

moneyflow main screen

Supported Platforms:

  • Monarch Money - Full integration with editing and sync
  • YNAB - Full integration with editing and sync
  • Amazon Purchases - Import and analyze purchase history
  • Demo Mode - Try it without an account

Documentation: moneyflow.dev


Installation

# Install with pip
pip install moneyflow

# Or run without installing (recommended)
uvx moneyflow

# Or use pipx
pipx install moneyflow

Quick Start

# Try demo mode first (no account needed)
moneyflow --demo

# Connect to Monarch Money or YNAB
moneyflow

# Analyze Amazon purchase history
moneyflow amazon import ~/Downloads/"Your Orders"
moneyflow amazon

# Fetch only recent data from API (Monarch/YNAB only - for faster loading)
moneyflow --year 2025  # Fetch from 2025-01-01 onwards
moneyflow --since 2024-06-01  # Fetch from specific date

First-time Monarch Money setup: You'll need your 2FA secret key. See the Monarch Money setup guide.

First-time YNAB setup: You'll need a Personal Access Token from your YNAB account settings. See the YNAB setup guide.


Key Features

  • Keyboard-driven - Navigate with g to cycle views, Enter to drill down, Escape to go back
  • Multi-select bulk editing - Select with Space, edit with m/c/h, commit with w
  • Multiple aggregation dimensions - Merchants, Categories, Groups, Accounts, Time (by year/month)
  • Drill-down and sub-grouping - Analyze spending from multiple angles, combine dimensions
  • Type-to-search - Filter transactions as you type with /
  • Review before commit - Preview all changes before syncing to backend
  • Encrypted credentials - AES-128 with PBKDF2 (100,000 iterations)

Full keyboard shortcuts and tutorials: moneyflow.dev


Common Workflows

Clean up merchant names:

  1. Press g until Merchant view
  2. Press m on a merchant to rename all transactions
  3. Press w to review and commit

Recategorize transactions:

  1. Press d for detail view
  2. Press Space to multi-select transactions
  3. Press c to change category
  4. Press w to review and commit

Analyze spending:

  1. Press g to cycle views (Merchants → Categories → Groups → Accounts → Time)
  2. In Time view: Press t to cycle granularity (Year → Month → Day), Enter to drill into a period
  3. In any aggregate view: Press Enter to drill down
  4. Press g to cycle sub-groupings (including by Time)
  5. Press a to clear time drill-down, Escape to go back

Learn more: Navigation & Search Guide


Amazon Mode

Import and analyze your Amazon purchase history:

  1. Request "Your Orders" export from Amazon (Account Settings → Privacy)
  2. Download and unzip "Your Orders.zip"
  3. Import: moneyflow amazon import ~/Downloads/"Your Orders"
  4. Launch: moneyflow amazon

See Amazon Mode Guide for details.


Troubleshooting

Login fails with "Incorrect password"

  • Enter your encryption password (for moneyflow), not your backend password
  • If forgotten: Click "Reset Credentials" or delete ~/.moneyflow/

Monarch Money - 2FA not working

  • Copy the BASE32 secret (long string), not the QR code
  • Get fresh secret: Disable and re-enable 2FA in Monarch Money

YNAB - Connection fails

  • Verify your Personal Access Token is correct
  • Token may have expired - generate a new one from YNAB Developer Settings
  • Make sure you copied the entire token (no spaces before/after)
  • Token is only shown once - if lost, generate a new one

Terminal displays weird characters

  • Use a modern terminal with Unicode support (iTerm2, GNOME Terminal, Windows Terminal)

Complete reset

rm -rf ~/.moneyflow/
pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall moneyflow
moneyflow

More help: Troubleshooting Guide


Documentation

Full documentation available at moneyflow.dev


Security

  • Credentials encrypted with AES-128 using PBKDF2 key derivation (100,000 iterations)
  • Encryption password never leaves your machine
  • Stored in ~/.moneyflow/credentials.enc with 600 permissions
  • See SECURITY.md for full details

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See Contributing Guide.

Development setup:

git clone https://github.com/wesm/moneyflow.git
cd moneyflow
uv sync
uv run pytest -v

Code quality checks:

uv run pytest -v                          # Tests
uv run pyright moneyflow/                 # Type checking
uv run ruff format moneyflow/ tests/      # Formatting
uv run ruff check moneyflow/ tests/       # Linting

Security reviews:

All PRs from external contributors are automatically reviewed by Claude for security issues. See Security Bot Documentation for details.

See Developing moneyflow for details.


Acknowledgments

Monarch Money Integration

This project's Monarch Money backend uses code derived from the monarchmoney Python client library by hammem, used under the MIT License. See licenses/monarchmoney-LICENSE for details.

Monarch Money® is a trademark of Monarch Money, Inc. This project is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to Monarch Money, Inc.


License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Disclaimer: Independent open-source project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Monarch Money, Inc. or YNAB LLC.

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