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Firefly looks like a better choice. The mint clone uses Plaid, a financial intermediary that has been heavily criticized on this forum.

Firefly uses Spectre. Anyone know of security or privacy issues with using that?

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Hi! I've created Firefly III. I want to note that the tool doesn't require you to use Spectre. It's one of the available ways to kickstart your financial administration.

Personally, I would always do this by hand.

Cool, thanks for your reply.

What does by hand mean in this case? Entering all of the data myself? Is there a way to import CSV data of portfolio and transaction information?

Yes, by hand. I strongly recommend it if you want to get a feel for your finances. But yes, there is a CSV import too.

Cool. I will give this a try in the near future.

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