rustfava

A beautiful desktop app for rustledger

Manage your finances with plain text accounting.

rustfava dashboard

Why rustfava?


Native app	Double-click to launch, no terminal required
Fava interface	The familiar Fava web UI you know and love
rustledger backend	Blazing fast parsing via WebAssembly
Cross-platform	Linux, macOS (Intel & Apple Silicon), Windows
Offline first	Your financial data stays on your machine
Multiple files	Open multiple ledgers in tabs

Install

Desktop App

Download the latest release for your platform from the Releases page.

Platform	Format
macOS	`.dmg` (Intel & Apple Silicon)
Windows	`.exe` installer or `.msi`
Linux	`.AppImage`, `.deb`, `.rpm`, or `.tar.gz`

Engine: rustfava runs the rustledger engine as an in-process WebAssembly component, so the wasmtime Python package ships as a dependency and works out of the box — no separate install needed.

Other Installation Methods

Method	Command
Docker (amd64/arm64)	`docker run -p 5000:5000 -v /path/to/ledger:/data ghcr.io/rustledger/rustfava /data/main.beancount`
PyPI	`uv tool install rustfava` (requires Python 3.13+; the `wasmtime` runtime is installed automatically)
Nix	`nix run github:rustledger/rustfava#desktop`

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Quick Start

Desktop App

Download the app for your platform
Double-click to launch
Open your .beancount file

Command Line

rustfava ledger.beancount
# Then visit http://localhost:5000

What is this?

rustfava is a fork of Fava that replaces the Python beancount parser with rustledger, compiled to WebAssembly for faster parsing and processing.

The desktop app bundles everything into a native application using Tauri, so you get a fast, lightweight app with no dependencies.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Metadata

Release files for rustfava 1.32.0

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Source distribution (sdist)

Source distribution for rustfava 1.32.0
File	Size	Uploaded
rustfava-1.32.0.tar.gz	3.2 MB	Aug 22, 2026	Details

Built distribution (wheel)

Table of built distributions (wheels) for rustfava 1.32.0
File	Interpreter	ABI	Platform	Reset
rustfava-1.32.0-py3-none-any.whl 2.3 MB Aug 22, 2026	Python 3	none	any	Details

Total release size: 5.5 MB

Release files / rustfava-1.32.0.tar.gz

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Upload date	Aug 22, 2026
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Release files / rustfava-1.32.0-py3-none-any.whl

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Upload date	Aug 22, 2026
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