Self-host Firefly III

A powerful self-hosted personal finance manager built on double-entry accounting — budgets, rules, reports, and bank import. Serious money management, privately.

Key facts

What you need

• Any VPS with at least 512 MB of RAM
• A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
• About an afternoon — budget time for troubleshooting

Install with Docker Compose

Save this as compose.yml and run docker compose up -d:

copy# Firefly III + MariaDB (set APP_KEY to 32 random chars)
services:
  app:
    image: fireflyiii/core:latest
    ports: ["8080:8080"]
    environment: { DB_CONNECTION: mysql, DB_HOST: db, DB_DATABASE: firefly, DB_USERNAME: firefly, DB_PASSWORD: secret, APP_KEY: base64:CHANGE_ME_32_RANDOM_CHARS }
  db: { image: mariadb:11 }
# docker compose up -d  →  http://SERVER_IP:8080