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Looks visually quite similar to Actual[0][1][2] (open-source, local-first). Did one influence the other? Are they both inspired by some other budget software?

[0] https://actualbudget.com/

[1] https://github.com/actualbudget/actual

[2] https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/blob/d1e57340b88960d0...

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I discovered Actual while I was working on Dollero although it was not open source at the time. I believe we were both influenced by YNAB classic, hence the similar layout. I imagine hosting Actual was time consuming and expensive for the author because all syncing appears to rely on a centralized server and database. I'm hoping to avoid this with Dollero because the peer-to-peer syncing requires a much simpler server and is cheap and easy to host.

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