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HomeBank

HomeBank is a free software. Use it to manage your personal accounts. It is designed to easy to use. Analyse your finances in detail using powerful filtering tools and graphs.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Symbian S60
  • BSD
3.5
Good8 reviews
142likes
12comments
0news articles

Features

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  1.  Money Tracking
  2.  Multiple Account support
  3.  Dark Mode
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Categories
  6.  Portable
  7.  Ad-free
  8.  Works Offline
  9.  Import CSV Data
  10.  Recurring Billing
  11.  Currency Conversion
  12.  Bank integration
  13.  Support for multiple currencies
  14.  Tagging
  15. Android icon  Android Sync
  16.  Annual Budgeting solution
  17.  Category Filters
  18.  Multiple languages
  19.  Online Banking
  20.  Interface Overlay

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Comment summary: HomeBank is praised for its simplicity, ease of use, and clean interface, making it suitable for basic personal finance tracking. However, users express frustration with the cumbersome process of categorizing transactions and the inability to handle investment accounts or connect with banks directly. While some appreciate it as a free alternative to Microsoft Money, others struggle with import limitations and compatibility issues across different OS versions.
Top Positive Comment
Daniel_B
4

I've used MS Money (and even Quicken back in my per-Windows days). If Microsoft Money weren't FREE [now] then this would be my next best alternative. It's not as convenient and "natural/intuitive" keystrokes as the commercial alternatives (which should be something easy to fix...but it may also be that I'm used to the others. It IS MUCH more friendly than GnuCash (IMO). I've also tried Mint, and Mint can probably do much the same as HomeBank, but I find it a small and well written standalone product even with it's keystroke quirks.

Top Negative Comment
endolith
6
  • You can only import one .qif file at a time, jumping through hoops doing the same exact 14 clicks of assigning an account and everything for every single one.
  • You can only edit one transaction at a time. Each time you assign a category to a transaction takes 5 clicks.
  • Automatic assignment can't be applied to existing transactions because it only works if the Payee is already empty??
  • Automatic assignment searches only the description field, when the important information is in the Payee field. So you have to categorize everything manually, which means millions of clicks and wasted time.
  • If you edit a Payee with branch location or something, that information is lost, it doesn't store it anywhere else.
  • Is there a way to say "everything to this payee is in category X"? All I see is editing the Payee name.
  • No undo??
  • Default categories include a lot of duplicates, like "Phone/Wireless" and "Bills - Telephone" or "Mortgage/Rent" and "Bills - Rent".
richardh9935

After my 40 years experience using numerous ICT systems, I prefer applications that only allow me to import one file at a time.

susefl

Please notice that this comment is OLD!! If all of this was true in 2012, then I think they've fixed everything. I also agree with @richardh9935's previous comment.

endolith

It's open-source software. I wouldn't expect anything to be fixed just because it's a decade later.

nolaray
1

This is a simple and user-friendly tool with a neat interface. It took me no more than two minutes to learn how to use it. For basic bank account management, this is the best option I have found.

alternativepun3n
1

Easy to use, good enough looking UI. For simple personal finance tracking its more than enough.

susefl
2

Well, I've spent the better part of the day looking for a replacement for my beloved Microsoft Money. I've found it. A good part of the day was trying to use GNUCash. It's the second time I've looked it over and again found it so difficult to use, and I was a bookkeeper/accountant for 25+ years, I have a degree in computer programming, and I've been a web designer for the last 12. GNUCash was just too difficult to navigate and understand. So I gave up and installed HomeBank, with not much hope as the reviews and stars aren't that great. But, YAY! I have not gotten old and stupid, GNUCash is old and stupid. HomeBank is easy and has a nice-looking interface considering it's free. My eyes love the dark theme. I was going to give HomeBank 4 stars because they can't possibly be as good as MS Money...but I feel like I need to make up for some of the bad reviews.

The only thing that upset me during setup was that my bank (USAA) no longer lets me download in quicken format. It was a little pain in the butt to make the csv file work. It would have been nice to have a column mapper.

I saw that someone else reviewed that they couldn't use the assignment tool automatically, if it was true then, it's been fixed now. It's very easy to create an assignment and then use the tool to fix all the others.

I also found that I can split transactions! Yay!

I'm definitely going to be donating to them, once I have more experience and can donate a proper amount.

The only thing that would love that I don't think the software can do is connect with banks automatically.

Guest
0

Seems alright for very simple use but does not have any tools to handle investment accounts.

Review by a new / low-activity user.
Korwin
1

"A HTTPS version of homebank.free.fr is not available" — I consider unacceptable the absence of a secure connection certificate on a site that is directly related to my finances.

susefl

Still no HTTPS over a year later. This is definitely something that should be fixed.

98rovwf50

The website has moved to https://www.gethomebank.org with a HTTPS cert

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What is HomeBank?

HomeBank is a free software. Use it to manage your personal accounts. It is designed to easy to use. Analyse your finances in detail using powerful filtering tools and graphs.

HomeBank benefits from more than 14 years of user experience and feedback. Its development started in 1995 on Amiga computers. It is available for 52 languages on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, MacOSX, Nokia N*** and Amiga.

If you are looking for an easy way to manage your accounts then «HomeBank» should be the software of choice. Take some time to try it out, you won't regret it.

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HomeBank information

  • Developed by

    BE flagMaxime DOYEN
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.5
  • Alternatives

    262 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • French
    • Basque

Our users have written 12 comments and reviews about HomeBank, and it has gotten 142 likes

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