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    "why": "Most budgeting apps require a bank connection, and your transaction history lands on someone else's server. Actual inverts that: the data lives on your device, there is nothing to sign up for, and the whole source is open. You add a sync server only when you want the same budget on more than one device.",
    "take": "Having no bank sync looks like a drawback, but typing entries yourself is what makes the money actually visible. For one person on one machine, the desktop app alone is enough.",
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      "Written in NodeJS around the envelope budgeting method. Four ways to deploy: one-click PikaPods (~$2/month), managed Fly.io hosting (~$1.50/month), self-hosted Docker, or local-only desktop apps for Windows, Mac and Linux. Multi-device sync and optional end-to-end encryption are included."
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      "Syncing across devices needs a server, and managed hosting costs about $1.50–$2 a month. Transactions are entered by hand or imported from a file."
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    "This file was produced by the same build, from the same data, as the tesign.com item page. The text is editorial; the numbers are stored observations.",
    "null in the JSON means not observed — never zero. The Markdown writes [unconfirmed] for it.",
    "Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.",
    "A summary, not legal advice."
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