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Buckets Budgeting

Private family budgeting app.

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Buckets is a private family budgeting app that runs on your own computer. It uses envelope budgeting or lets you create your own style. It includes bank sync options (via SimpleFIN Bridge or file import), macros, multilingual support, and video tutorials. There is no monthly fee; a single license costs $64 and covers all computers in a household.

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