Download ClearBudget
Pick your platform and you have the newest release. Free and open source under the LGPL-3.0 licence; local-first, so your finances never leave your machine.
Latest releaseWindows
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
Download for WindowsRun the setup: it installs per-user, so no administrator rights are needed. Run it again later to upgrade, repair or uninstall.
macOS
Apple Silicon (M1 or later)
Download for macOSOpen the DMG and drag ClearBudget into Applications.
Linux
Any distribution with Flatpak
Download for LinuxInstall with flatpak install clearbudget.flatpak.
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Frequently asked questions
Is ClearBudget free?
Yes. ClearBudget is free and open source, released under the GNU LGPL-3.0 licence.
Does ClearBudget work offline?
Yes. ClearBudget is local-first and every feature works offline. Its only network request is a daily check of the project's GitHub releases for a newer version, which carries nothing about you and fails silently without one. It has no cloud dependency and never sends your financial data anywhere.
Which platforms does ClearBudget run on?
Windows, macOS and Linux, from a single PySide6 codebase. Windows ships as an installer, macOS as a signed and notarized .dmg and Linux as a Flatpak.
Is my financial data private?
Yes. Data is stored locally in isolated per-user databases on your own machine, protected by a bcrypt sign-in and is never transmitted to any server.
Does ClearBudget support multiple users and currencies?
Yes. It supports multiple users with separate, isolated databases, several named budgets under each sign-in and 25 currencies covering English-speaking countries, defaulting to GBP.
Can I get the figures out of it?
Yes. A month can be exported as a single self-contained web page carrying both the bar and line views; a range of months can be exported as a folder whose index charts the bank balance across them, with a table of opening balance, income, bills, net, closing balance and the lowest point inside each month, every row leading to that month's own day-by-day page. Nothing is fetched from anywhere, so the file opens with no internet connection and survives being emailed and the folder can be copied to a stick. The whole budget saves to a single file of your choosing (the app remembers where, separately per account) and loads back later. An admin can also back up everything at once: one zip holding every account and every budget, restorable in full.
Does uninstalling delete my budgets?
No. Uninstalling removes the program, its shortcuts and its entry in Apps and features and leaves your budgets, accounts and settings where they are, so reinstalling picks up where you left off. There is deliberately no "remove my data" tick box: that folder holds every account and every user's budget on the machine and deleting it cannot be undone. To remove them, delete the ClearBudget folder in your platform's application-data location yourself (on Windows, ClearBudget inside your local app data folder).
How do I find out about new versions?
ClearBudget checks the project's GitHub releases shortly after launch and once a day while running. Only a formally published release counts. When a newer one exists, a prompt offers the download for your platform, with options to skip that version or be reminded later; Help > Check for Updates runs the same check on demand.
What if ClearBudget is running when I install an update?
Setup notices and offers to close it for you, saying plainly that the running session ends. It waits for the application to release its lock before carrying on; it stops with a clear message rather than failing part way through if it will not close. Fresh installs, upgrades, repairs and uninstalls are all guarded the same way. When setup finishes an install, it offers to start ClearBudget for you; there is no "start with Windows" option, because the application has no such feature.
Can it be used without a mouse?
Yes. Every screen and dialog has an explicit keyboard path: Tab and the arrow keys step the same ring, the view buttons are walked one at a time, long pages scroll from the keyboard and whatever holds focus is ringed so you can always see where you are.