Budgeting that stays on your machine.
Budget Clear links your bank accounts and tracks every dollar in a real SQLite file on your own disk — not on a server you don't control.
Download for macOSFree, macOS (Apple Silicon). Unsigned build — see the release notes for how to open it the first time.
Your data, your disk
Transactions and accounts live in a local SQLite file. Nothing is uploaded or stored on our servers.
Real bank sync
Connect accounts through Plaid, the same bank-linking infrastructure used by most budgeting and finance apps.
Budgets & sinking funds
Plan by category, track spending against a monthly budget, and set aside money for irregular expenses.
Why local-first
Most budgeting apps store your financial data on someone else's server. Budget Clear keeps that data on your machine instead — the app only talks to a backend to relay Plaid's bank-linking requests, which requires a server-side secret key. Everything else, including every transaction and account balance, stays local.