What it does
Grisbi is free, open-source personal finance software for Windows, Mac and Linux. It manages accounts, currencies, income and expense categories, budget allocations and financial years. Records live in an accounts file, with imports and exports for moving transactions between finance programs.
Use categories and budget lines to compare income and spending across the account registers.
Start with an accounts file and add the current, savings, credit or cash accounts it will contain. A separate file keeps an unrelated set of finances apart. The setup includes choices for the base currency, date format and category list. File-saving and backup options are part of the local setup, so no online service account is needed.
Grisbi imports QIF, OFX, GnuCash and CSV data and exports QIF or CSV. The complete .gsb accounts file has a different role from those exchange files: it holds the connected set of records, while an export may represent a single account. Keep a copy of the accounts file when moving your full history.
The Download page separates stable packages for everyday use from development builds intended for testing. Current downloads include Windows installers, separate Intel and Apple Silicon Mac packages, and Ubuntu packages. The Mac 3.92.0 packages require macOS 15 or later. There is no subscription charge for the software.
Strengths
- Financial-year records help organize longer account histories.
- Related household accounts can share one accounts file.
Watch out for
- It is a desktop workflow that requires installing the program and keeping track of its files.
- The current Mac packages require macOS 15 or later.
Best for
- People maintaining a structured personal finance history on a desktop
- Households moving records from QIF, OFX, CSV or GnuCash files
Sources
- Grisbi account, currency and budget management (Oct 27, 2026)
- Grisbi stable and development downloads (Oct 27, 2026)
- Grisbi linked manual: features and exchange formats (Oct 27, 2026)
- Grisbi linked manual: local accounts-file setup (Oct 27, 2026)
- Grisbi official packages and Mac requirements (Oct 27, 2026)
- Grisbi GNU GPL version 2 licence text (Oct 27, 2026)